Needle Threading Device

Needle threading has been a problem, particularly for those having poor eyesight, such as many elderly persons. No satisfactory solution has apparently been heretofore made.

An object of the invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problem by providing a novel device which greatly simplifies needle threading, even by those with poor eyesight.

FIG. 1 shows a device embodying the present invention for facilitating needle threading, particularly for those with poor eyesight.

FIG. 1 shows a needle threading device embodying the present invention comprising a flashlight 1 having a lens 1a and powered by dry cells contained therein,-all of well known construction.

In accordance with the present invention, I made the wholly unexpected discovery that it is not necessary to illuminate a needle by use of a magnifying glass by projecting the beam of a flashlight directly into the eye of a needle, since this is a tedious, almost impossible and wholly unsatisfactory way of threading a needle.

In accordance with the present invention, and as shown in FIG. 1, a needle 3 may be detachably mounted by being held by a rubber or plastic band 2 so as to have the eye of the needle well above the lens 1a and in line with the axis of a magnifying glass 5 having a handle which is also slipped between band 2 and the flashlight. I have unexpectedly found that there is enough diffused light from the flashlight to enable clear viewing of the eye of the needle through the glass 5 when the axis of the lens is at right angles to the axis of glass 5 and that of the needle eye.

The needle and flashlight while shown in opposite the narrower width of the lens may instead be shown as being mounted across the longer width of the lens.

A thread cutter in the form of a cutting blade 4a mounted in a support 4 is attached, either permanently as shown, or detachably held by making the support longer so as to be embraced by band 2.

As a modification for a more permanent assembly, an elongated receptical could be mounted for supporting needle 3, and the handle of the magnifying glass could be permanently attached to one side of the flashlight as well as the thread cutter, 4, 4a.

During the daytime, a needle can be threaded even without the light from the flashlight.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a novel assembly for greatly facilitating threading of a needle, particularly by those having poor eyesight and shaky hands, by use of a combination which is either permanently connected or detachably fitted on the outside of a flashlight.

While a flashlight of rectangular formation is shown, my invention is equally applicable to the well known type having a cylindrical handle and circular lens.

While I have illustrated and described a single specific embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that this is by way of illustration only and that various changes and modifications may be contemplated in my invention within the scope of the following claims.