Patent ID: 7971453

Claim:
Knitting machine needle comprising: a needle body, said needle body being provided with a hook and having, at a location at a distance from the hook, one of (a) a needle coupling recess enclosed by a bearing surface, and a needle dial head having a bearing surface on a circumference of said needle dial head; a coupling member having, on one end, one of a coupling dial head matching the needle coupling recess and having, on its circumference, a counter bearing surface, and (b) a coupling member coupling recess enclosed on three sides by a bearing surface and matching the needle dial head; and wherein matching transverse bearing surfaces are provided on the coupling member and on the needle body, said bearing surfaces being at least temporarily in abutment with each other, and being oriented transversely with respect to the bearing surfaces and the counter bearing surfaces with at least one of the transverse bearing surfaces being arranged at a region enclosed by the needle coupling recess or by the coupling member coupling recess.