US 12,173,437 B2
Reversible hand-operated sewing machine
Bradley Tippmann, Fort Wayne, IN (US); and Allen W. Rife, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed by TIPPMANN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,279, filed on May 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349085 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. D05B 69/04 (2006.01); D05B 69/16 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 69/04 (2013.01) [D05B 69/16 (2013.01); D05D 2205/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manually-operated sewing machine comprising:
a manually-operated handle;
a needle bar to hold a needle, wherein the needle bar is configured to reciprocate responsive to a reciprocating motion of the manually-operated handle;
a direction control device configured to control lateral movement of the needle bar between a forward direction and an opposing reverse direction; and
wherein the direction control device is movable between a first position that corresponds to the forward direction and a second position that corresponds to the reverse direction.