I claim:
1. A textile trim with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the trim comprising:
a first set of textile threads substantially parallel along their length folded near a mid point of the threads and knotted together providing a first knot near a mid point of the folded threads with a fringe end and a folded end on opposite sides of the first knot;
a second set of textile threads substantially parallel along their length adjacent the first set of threads, the second set folded near a mid point of the second set of threads and knotted together providing a second knot near a mid point of the second set of folded threads with a second fringe end and a second folded end on opposite sides of the second knot;
a first lip having a cross stitching substantially perpendicular to the first and second set of threads connecting the folded ends of the first and second set of threads side by side;
a second lip of thread having a plurality of folds folded to length substantially equal to the length of the folded ends of the first and second set of threads held together by a second cross stitching; and
a second cross stitching securing the second lip adjacent the first and second knots providing a bottom of a fastening channel of uniform depth having decorative lips.
2. The trim of claim 1 wherein the bottom of the fastening channel provides a uniform stopping point for placement of an edge of a piece of material within the fastening channel so that the first and second lips protrude substantially equally on either side of the material.
3. The trim of claim 2 wherein each of the folds of the folded ends of the first and second set of threads have an apex and the cross stitching holds the apexes together.
4. The trim of claim 3 wherein the cross stitching is made of transparent plastic.
5. The trim of claim 4 wherein each of the folds of the second lip have an apex and further comprises a third cross stitching connecting the apexes of the second lip.
6. The trim of claim 5 wherein the second and third cross stitching are made of transparent plastic.
7. The trim of claim 6 wherein the knots of the first and second set of threads each have a cross over portion oriented to face a common direction.
8. The trim of claim 7 wherein the threads of the first and second set of threads are at least two different colors.
9. A trim piece comprising a U shaped fastening structure fastenable about at least one edge of at least one piece of material adjacent a knot, the knot defined by a plurality of textile threads having a predetermined thickness, the U shaped fastening structure having, first and second legs, the first leg having a portion of the textile threads extending out of the knot, the second leg being constructed of textile material, and cross stitching adjacent the knot connecting the first and second legs.
10. The trim piece of claim 9 wherein the first leg is comprised of at least two of the plurality of threads, at least two of the plurality of threads being folded at a common folding point where a long axis of each of the threads are substantially parallel and are in a substantially common plane.
11. The trim of claim 9 wherein the portion of the threads forming the first leg are arranged and connected substantially side by side.
12. The trim of claim 10 wherein the first leg has a thickness substantially equal to twice the thickness of the textile threads.
13. The trim of claim 12 wherein the second leg is made of thread, the thread having a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the textile threads and a length substantially equal to the first leg.
14. The trim of claim 13 wherein the cross stitching is made of transparent plastic.
15. The trim of claim 14 where the threads are at least two different colors.
16. A textile trim with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the trim comprising:
a first set of textile threads knotted together to provide a first knot near a mid point, a first fringe end and a first connecting end being located on opposite sides of the first knot;
a second set of textile threads adjacent the first set of threads knotted together providing a second knot near a mid point of the second set of threads, a second fringe end and a second connecting end being located on opposite sides of the second knot;
a first lip formed by connecting the first connecting end to the second connecting end; and
a second lip of textile material having a fastened end fastened to the first and second connecting ends adjacent the first and second Inots.
17. The trim of claim 16 wherein the first and second lip define a fastening channel, a bottom portion of the fastening channel providing a stopping point for placement of an edge of a piece of material within the fastening channel.
18. A textile trim with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the trim comprising:
a first substantially flat lip of thread having a plurality of folds, the folds being arranged side by side;
at least one first cross stitching holding the folds in side by side relationship;
at least one tassel having at least one thread folded near a mid point forming a folded end and a fringe end, the folded end lying between folds of the first lip;
at least one second cross stitching connecting the folded end of the tassel to the first lip;
a second lip of thread having a plurality of folds folded to length substantially equal to the first lip where the folds are arranged side by side so that the lip is substantially flat;
at least one third cross stitching connecting an edge of the second lip parallel with an edge of the first lip forming a connecting pocket between the first lip and the second lip for inserting at least one piece of material.
19. The trim of claim 18 wherein the connecting pocket has a uniform stopping point for placement of an edge of the piece of material within the connecting pocket so that the first and second lips protrude substantially equally on either side of the material.
20. The trim of claim 19 wherein the first cross stitching, the second cross stitching and the third cross stitching are made of transparent plastic.
21. A method of making a textile trim article with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the method comprising:
cutting lengths of thread to a predetermined length within a predetermined tolerance;
arranging at least one first length of thread with at least one second length of thread so that a long axis of the first length is substantially parallel with a long axis of the second length;
folding the first and second lengths at a common predetermined point forming a folded end and a fringe end so that portions of the lengths on each side of the fold are parallel with each other;
knotting the first and second lengths into a knotted tuft where the folded end and the fringe end are on opposite side of the knot;
arranging a first knotted tuft side by side with a second knotted tuft; connecting the first and second knotted tufts together at the folded end;
securing outer ends of the folded ends preventing unraveling of the tufts;
folding at least one third length of thread to a predetermined folded length a plurality of times so that the folded lengths lie side by side;
stitching the folded lengths together with a cross stitch forming a textile lip; and
fastening an edge of the textile lip to the folded ends.
22. The method of claim 18 further comprising arranging the edge of the textile lip parallel to the knotted tuft before fastening the edge to the folded ends.
23. The method of claim 19 further comprising determining the predetermined folded length of the third length of thread by measuring the length of the folded end of the first and second lengths of thread.
24. A method of making a textile trim article with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the method comprising:
using a single automatic crocheting machine to create a single lip decorative trim having a plurality of knots while simultaneously making an attachment lip structure for attachment to the single lip decorative trim so that the aesthetic appearance of the attachment lip substantially matches the aesthetic appearance of the single lip;
aligning an edge of the attachment lip structure parallel to the single lip of the decorative trim; and
connecting the edge of the attachment lip structure to the single lip decorative trim adjacent and parallel to the knots of the decorative trim.
25. A method of making a textile trim article with decorative double lipped fastening structure, the method comprising:
using a single automatic crocheting machine to create a single lip decorative trim while simultaneously making an attachment lip structure for attachment to the single lip decorative trim so that the aesthetic appearance of the attachment lip substantially matches the aesthetic appearance of the single lip;
aligning an edge of the attachment lip structure parallel to the single lip of the decorative trim; and
connecting the edge of the attachment lip structure to the single lip decorative trim adjacent and parallel to an edge of the single lip.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system operable for network communication, comprising:
a prioritized, contention-based channel access mechanism (PCA) coupled to a medium access control (MAC) sublayer and comprising contention access logic for assessing whether a frame transmission may commence and an interrupt service routine for initiating transmission by the PCA of at least one frame.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the contention access logic further comprises logic for assessing whether the transmission channel is currently clear.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the logic for assessing further comprising logic for checking the contents of a clear channel register.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the logic for assessing further comprising logic for communicating to the interrupt service routine the assessment that the transmission channel is currently not clear.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the contention access logic further comprises logic for suspending reception mode.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the logic for suspending further comprises logic for deasserting listening hardware and for clearing a clear channel request register.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the contention access logic is at least partially software.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the contention access logic further comprises logic for decrementing a backoff counter based on an assessment that the transmission channel is currently clear.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the contention access logic further comprises logic for generating an interrupt to launch the interrupt service routine.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the interrupt service routine further comprises instructions for initiating the transmission by the PCA based on a checking that the backoff counter currently has a zero value.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the interrupt service routine comprises instructions for determining whether there is sufficient time remaining in a present contention interval to complete a frame transaction.
12. A system operable for network communication, comprising:
a medium access control (MAC) sublayer operable to build and forward at least a frame for network communication;
a prioritized, contention-based channel access mechanism (PCA) coupled to the MAC and comprising contention access logic for assessing whether a frame transmission may commence and an interrupt service routine for initiating transmission by the PCA of the at least a frame; and
a physical (PHY) layer operable to transmit at least a frame received from the MAC sublayer.
13. The system of claim 12, further comprising an interface operable to facilitate communication between the medium access control sublayer and the physical layer, wherein the interface is selected from the group of: a ultra-wide interface, a WiMedia interface, a wireless universal serial bus, a IEEE 1394 interface, and a wireless LAN interface.
14. A method for providing controlled frame transmission during a contention period in a shared communications medium comprising:
determining, by contention access logic, whether a frame transmission may commence;
if the shared communications medium is idle, initiating, by an interrupt service routine, a prioritized contention access transmission of at least a frame from a medium access control (MAC) sublayer to a physical (PHY) layer; and
transmitting, by the PHY layer, the at least a frame received from the MAC sublayer onto the communications medium.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the at least a frame to a device.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting to a plurality of devices.
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving, by the MAC sublayer, notification from a host that transmission of at least one frame is sought.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining comprises monitoring the state of the shared communications medium for a certain specified duration.
19. A network, comprising:
at least two devices, each of which comprises
a host;
a medium access control (MAC) sublayer coupled to the host and operable to build and forward at least a frame for network communication;
a prioritized, contention-based channel access mechanism (PCA) coupled to the MAC and comprising contention access logic for assessing whether a frame transmission may commence and an interrupt service routine for initiating transmission by the PCA of the at least a frame; and
a physical (PHY) layer coupled to said MAC sublayer; wherein said PHY layer is operable to transmit at least a frame received from the MAC sublayer.
20. The network of claim 19, wherein the devices are wireless devices.
21. The network of claim 19, wherein the network is a wireless network.
22. The network of claim 19, wherein the interrupt service routine comprises instructions for determining whether there is sufficient time remaining in a present contention interval to complete a frame transaction.
23. The network of claim 19, wherein the contention access logic further comprises logic for suspending reception.
24. The network of claim 23, wherein the logic for suspending further comprises logic for deasserting reception mode and for clearing a clear channel request register.