British patents were numbered in annual sequence through 1915 so you not only need to know the patent number but the year of the patent application (not the year the patent was granted).
Year Country & Number Applicant or Assignor – brief description (bold if in my collection)
1847 GB Rd1247 G. Chambers & Co. – Patented 2 Nov 47, see Registered Designs,
this is a registered design even though it is marked patent
1861 GB 186103115 Wiley – pen holder also for crochet needles
1862 GB 186201415 Walker – improvements in crochet handles, Penelope Uncotopic Needle
1862 GB 186201982 Mander – improvements in crochet needles and holders
1863 US 39572 Hoadley – folding crochet needle
1866 GB 186602576 Burgess – improvements in crochet needles and handles
1868 US 76916 Hoadley – retracting crochet needle
1872 GB 187200907 Shrimpton, Z – improvements in crochet needles
1872 GB 187201106 Jenkins – new sheath or protector for crochet needles
1872 GB 187201260 Clark – improvements in connecting crochet needles to their handles
1872 GB 187201831 Lewis – improvements in crochet needle holders
1872 GB 187203636 Kendrick – new and improved parts of crochet needles
1873 GB 187300307 Burgess – metallic handles for crochet needles
1875 GB 483 no data
1875 GB 187500787 Shrimpton, Z -improvements in crochet needles
1876 GB 927 no data
1876 GB 187601999 Banks – improved crochet hook
1877 GB 1580 no data
1877 GB 187702955 Shrimpton, Z and J – improvements in crochet hooks
1877 GB 187703632 Dangerfield – improvements in crochet hooks or needles
1877 GB 187703853 Bartleet – improvements in attaching crochet needles to handles
1878 GB 187801090 Heath – machinery to smooth needle eyes and hooks
1879 US 215979 Ross – handle cast onto needle
1880 US 228404 Smith – handle swaged onto needle
1880 US 229402 Haff – combination bone hook and steel needle
1881 US 249759 Haff – combination bone hook and steel needle
1882 US 268442 Wahl – combination hook and steel needles
1883 US 287109 Doolittle – hook cut into steel rod – Star steel rod hook
1885 GB 11912 no data
1886 GB 1669 no data
1887 GB 5172 no data
1887 GB 7197 no data
1887 GB 14434 no data
1888 GB 3063 no data
1888 GB 4439 no data
1888 GB 15076 no data
1888 GB 15372 no data
1889 GB 12698 no data
1890 GB 9408 no data
1891 GB 14320 no data
1892 GB 19080 no data
1893 GB 3049 no data
1895 GB 189419612 Lewis – knob attachment
1895 GB 189420573 Perry – mechanical pencil case holder
1896 GB 189510172 Lewis – retractable needle safety handle
1896 US 572809 Knippenberg – patent for steel hook with grip (pad), Eagle brand
1897 GB 189620064 Pethybridge – half circle shield grip
1897 US 594040 Skriver – hook that hold thread spool on handle
1898 GB 189707257 Field – crochet hook, sheath handle and needlecase in one
1901 GB 190021774 Bartleet – grip ground into steel rod
1901 GB 190101827 Field – crochet needle handle of split tube
1901 US 677832 Wickham – automatic sliding bridge to cover hook as it’s pulled through work
1903 GB 190300806 Morrall – Slip-Not
1908 GB 190803813 Yeomans – cork handle crochet hook, Kaaurkuk and Corona
1909 GB 190825263 Malin – tube sheath
1909 GB 190904730 Hales – loop holder
1909 GB 190920757 Simon (German applicant) – sabre sheath with three crochet needles
1910 DK 13279 Jensen – crochet hook with eye at other end
1910 GB 190925985 Lowe – crochet hook with needle point at other end
1911 GB 191101573 Milward – electroplating crochet hooks
1911 GB 191105091 Shrimpton – Eclipse and Evelyne
1911 GB 191105507 Milward – crochet needle tube handle attached by crimping or soldering
1912 GB 191101462 Schomburg – finger holder
1912 GB 191220090 Torrence – split wire grip
1913 GB 191304089 Kippenberg – hook formation
1913 GB 191307763 Scenenbaugh – split grip, same as 1914 US 1091395
1913 GB 191318143 Doubble – wire to stiffen vulcanite, ebonite, etc.
1914 US 1091395 Scenenbaugh – split grip, same as 1913 GB 191307763
1914 GB 191406562 Milward – folding crochet hook
1914 US 1104640 Denner – bead crochet tool
1915 GB 191423637 Smith – handle with screw in tip
1915 GB 191424194 Tarleton – wire wrap finger holder
1915 US 1131621 White – snap hook on end to store last loop
1916 US 1192623 Hallett – retractable needle
1916 US 1208958 Hawkins – handle-sheath
1917 GB 103887 Smith – form crochet hook head
1917 US 1210975 Parker – interchangeable needles in triangular handle
1918 US 1254161 Diadem – manufacture of steel hook with celluloid handle
1918 US 1269014 Stansbery – double ended crochet hook and shield
1918 US 1289470 Jensen – movable, detachable oblong holder
1919 GB 136413 Morrall – rubberized grip
1919 US 1303327 Jensen – crochet hook with flat head, same as CA 204496
1920 CA 204496 Jensen – crochet hook with flat head, same as US 1303327
1920 GB 138215 Baylis – machine to manufacture crochet hooks
1920 GB 149802 Shrimpton- crochet hook
1920 GB 151307 Lilley – Duralumin
1920 US 1347027 Green – thimble grip holder
1920 US 1351016 Bell – knitting with hooked needle
1920 US 1355878 Akin – V-shaped grip
1920 US 1358067 Ensfield – loop keeper
1921 CA 210381 States – finger guard
1921 GB 166855 Morrall – Roma
1921 GB 166856 Shrimpton’s Simplex
1921 US 1376151 Mitchell – curved safety hook
1921 US 1391365 Boye – stamp and die cut hook
1922 CA 227453 Boye – interchangeable hook set, same as GB 1888616
1922 GB 170553 Waldes A Spol – 1 piece wire needle with grip and handle
1922 GB 180538 Shrimpton – crochet hook
1922 GB 188616 Boye – interchangeable hook set, same as CA 227453
1922 US 1409579 Riker – hook with spiral grip
1922 US 1409580 Riker – finger holder on grip
1922 US 1409581 Riker – finger holder on grip
1922 US 1415472 Puc – 1 piece wire needle with grip and handle
same as Germany 1918 308793, Spain 1921 71642, France 1920 507966
1923 GB 196832 Dover – metal rod in preplastic hooks
1923 US 1477427 Christensen – long, grooved grip
1924 GB 215914 Kelly – locker hook
1924 US 1492112 Bates – hook sorting machine
1924 US 1496579 Kraus – loop holder
1924 US 1502584 Perry – removable grip
1924 US 1518961 Burns – mechanical retracting holder
1925 US 1534001 Blackman – loop holder
1925 US 1542428 Bates – machine for turning blanks for crochet hooks
1925 US 1553885 Bates – machine for finishing crochet hooks
1926 US 1611474 Mathews – hook with hole at opposite end for separate cord
1930 US 1751796 Denner – crochet hook for shirred fabric strips
1933 GB 395307 Jouve
1934 GB 405130 Carnell – Carnell Needle for Blanket Making extended crochet hook
1935 US 2024794 Boye – hook shape
1936 GB 455836 Dossmann – hook shape, same as FR 801783
1936 FR 801783 Dossmann – hook shape, same as GB 455836
1937 US 2075621 Miller – knitting with a hooked needle
1937 US 2093631 Burnham – knitting needle with hook
1940 US 2217524 Neuschwanger – locker hook
1914 FR 862825 Bachkirov – crochet hook with cutting device
1941 US 2246254 Johnston – crochet set with handle and 3 hooks
1942 US 2279662 Denner – crochet hook for shirred fabric strips
1942 US 2279926 Neuschwanger – crochet hook for shirred fabric strips
1943 US 2309528 Otting – crochet hook with long, flexible extension (Tunisian style)
1944 US 2353875 Burnham – knitting needle with hook
1946 US 2402388 Bates – hook shape, same as CA 443723
1947 CA 443723 Bates – hook shape, same as US 2402388
1947 US 2414353 Birmingham – hooked knitting needle
1948 CA 446935 Doerr – hook with interchangeable tips in handle, same as US 2465636
1948 US 2440413 Mock – hook to crochet/chain stitch/tambour through fabric
1949 CA 457608 Overvold – finger guard
1949 US 2465636 Doerr – hook with interchangeable tips in handle, same as CA 446935
1950 US 2530851 Biggs – crochet hook for shirred fabric strips
1952 US 2601769 Visconti – curved grip
1952 US 2608076 Bates – colored ends depicting size with loop holder
1952 US 2608077 Suessman – removable handle
1953 GB 720669 Boye – hook shape, same as US 2635444 and CA 515681
1953 US 2635444 Boye – hook shape, same as CA 515681 and GB 720669
1955 CA 515681 Boye – hook shape, same as US 2635444 and GB 720669
1956 US 2738662 Boye – large grip
1966 US 3229484 Standart – crochet hook for shirred fabric strips
1972 US 3678712 Loopco – combined crocheting and looping needle
1975 US 3927538 Martella – crochet hook/finishing needle combination
1977 US 4047397 Laliberte – crochet hook with cutting device
1979 US 4172372 Marakami – knitting with double hooked needle
1985 US 4501133 Kretzschmar – flexible double ended knitting needle or crochet hook
same as GB 2100762, FR 2508944, NL 8202643
1986 US 4607505 Duenker – crochet hook with flexible end
same as DE 3441400, GB 2166760, FR 2573097, NO 852069, JP 1119753,
IT 1182236, ES 295907, DD 237855
1986 US 4630454 Seremjian – loop holder
1989 US 4846351 Gardiner – knitting and crochet kit
1990 CA 2011604 Lindstead – knitting and Cro-Hook kit
1993 US 5211710 Nagano – knitting with hook and string
2001 JP 2001248041 Kiyoko – crochet hook attached to finger
2003 US 6668597 Robinson – method of attaching flexible cable to crochet hook
2006 US 7114354 Widget Products – illuminated knitting needles and crochet hook
2009 US 7574876 Goldschmidt – illuminated knitting needles and crochet hook
2011 CA 2689814 Rampersad – interchangeable knitting and crochet set
2011 US 7874182 Lindahl – ergonomic crochet hook
