US 11,732,392 B2
Embroidery frame and sewing machine
Takahira Osamura, Kitanagoya (JP); Akihiro Hibino, Nagoya (JP); and Mitsuhiro Iida, Gifu (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/199,063.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-166336 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098775 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. D05C 9/06 (2006.01); D05B 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC D05C 9/06 (2013.01) [D05B 19/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An embroidery frame comprising:
a base frame in which an opening is formed;
an opposing frame disposed in a first direction with respect to the base frame, the opposing frame being configured to hold a sewing object disposed between the opposing frame and the base frame;
a mounting portion removably mounted on a sewing machine, the mounting portion being coupled to the base frame in a second direction intersecting the first direction with respect to the opening; and
a support member configured to support the opposing frame to be movable with respect to the base frame, the support member including a support portion, a first section, a second section, and a third section, the support portion supporting the opposing frame, the first section including a first inclined section extending, with respect to the opening, to the first direction and the second direction, the first section being coupled to one selected from the group of the base frame and the mounting portion at a position further in the second direction than the support portion, the second section including a second inclined section extending, with respect to the support portion, to the first direction and the second direction, the second section being coupled to the support portion, and the third section coupling the first section and the second section, at a position further in the first direction than the support portion, wherein
in a fourth direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, an end portion of the first section in a third direction on an opposite side from the second direction is in a position separated from the support portion.