Patent ID: 8177105

Claim:
In combination, a hand-held pleating apparatus for use with any fabric material, specifically a sari (saree), dhoti, scarf, or sarong being composed of: two rigid support members or arms, with each said rigid support member containing five to ten laterally spaced fingers all interconnected to one another in fixed relation adjacent to their lower ends, with said fingers adapted to allow fabric material to be woven alternatively through opposing and adjacent fingers to create pleats, specifically accordion pleats, with said fingers coated with an agglutinative material taken from a group consisting essentially of plastic, rubberized, and flocking to improve fabric hold and retaining each pleat formation, with the two separate halves of the rigid support member being adjustable to varying widths to accordingly produce pleats of varying widths and a side cut or clip within said rigid support members that allows for capturing a single corner of the fabric material to be pleated.