US 11,987,919 B2
Tabletop sewing frame
Jim Matthews Bagley, West Valley City, UT (US)
Assigned to GRACEWOOD MANAGEMENT, INC., West Valley City, UT (US)
Filed by Gracewood Management, Inc., West Valley City, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,118.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,448, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098772 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. D05B 75/06 (2006.01); D05B 77/00 (2006.01); D05C 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 75/06 (2013.01) [D05C 9/04 (2013.01); D05B 77/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sewing frame unit, comprising:
a frame support structure;
a frame assembly comprising a front fabric retainer that extends laterally relative to a lateral axis, a rear fabric retainer that extends laterally relative to the lateral axis, a first end retainer that extends longitudinally relative to a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the lateral axis, and a second end retainer that extends longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis,
wherein the front fabric, rear fabric, first end, and second end retainers are each affixed to the frame support structure, and wherein
each end of the rear fabric retainer engages a quick release housing, each quick release housing comprises a housing body and a cap to secure the respective end of the rear fabric retainer in the housing body of the respective quick release housing,
a first front retainer support member and a second front retainer support member are each affixed to the frame support structure and to the front fabric retainer;
a first rear retainer support member and a second rear retainer support member are each affixed to the frame support structure and each removably secured to the rear fabric retainer;
a machine carriage assembly mounted on the frame support structure, the machine carriage assembly providing for lateral and longitudinal movement of a sewing machine;
wherein the cap of each quick release housing is configured to slide laterally between an open position in which the cap of the respective quick release housing is spaced apart from the respective end of the rear fabric retainer to allow the rear fabric retainer to move relative to the frame support structure and a closed position in which the cap of the respective quick release housing extends over the respective end of the rear fabric retainer to block movement of the rear fabric retainer relative to the frame support structure,
wherein the housing body of each quick release housing comprises a groove that extends laterally through an outer face of the housing body and the cap of each quick release housing comprises a lip received in the groove so that the groove guides the cap as the cap laterally slides between the open position and the closed position.