KNOT TYING AID

摘要

A knot-tying device for manual tying of a knot in a knot in a flexible elongate material, comprises a short open-ended hollow cylinder having an upper end, a lower end and a shaped wall, the wall having an opening into the interior of the cylinder along a side in the form of a slot (105) between the upper end and the lower end, the wall having at least one short, outwardly extended portion forming a first, shallow external groove (312), the first groove (312) capable of being occupied by a side of a user's digit, the outer wall of the device including a second, circumferential outward-facing groove (305) near the upper end, the device can be held with one hand, and a flexible elongate material can be knotted using the device and the first and second grooves (312, 305) in the wall of the device as a guide when forming the knot.