Patent ID: 8479541

Claim:
A knitting needle comprising: a shank portion extending along a longitudinal dimension to an end and having a transverse dimension being perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension, said transverse dimension extending between two opposite external surfaces of said shank portion along a first length between said two opposite external surfaces, said first length substantially unvarying for each position along said longitudinal dimension; a first tip portion extending along a longitudinal dimension from a non-pointed end to a pointed end and having a transverse dimension being perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension, said transverse dimension extending between two opposite external surfaces of said first tip portion along a second length extending between said two opposite surfaces, said second length being substantially smaller at said pointed end of said first tip portion than at said non-pointed end of said first tip portion, said second length at said non-pointed end of said first tip portion being substantially the same as said first length at said end of said shank portion; and a second tip portion being integral with said first tip portion, said second tip portion extending along said longitudinal dimension of said first tip portion away from said non-pointed end of said first tip portion in a direction opposite of said pointed end of said first tip portion, said second tip portion being movably joined to said shank portion allowing for movement of said first and second tip portions relative to said shank portion between a first position where said longitudinal dimension of said shank portion is substantially in alignment with said longitudinal dimension of said first and second tip portions and said non-pointed end of said first tip portion juxtaposes said end of said shank portion and a second position where said longitudinal dimension of said shank portion is substantially unaligned with said longitudinal dimension of said first and second tip portions.