US 10,301,753 B2 · Presser foot for sewing machine

Abstract

A presser foot for a sewing machine has a bottom wall, first and second side walls, and a guard piece. The bottom wall has front and rear ends. In addition, the bottom wall is provided with a needle-passing hole and a first slit extending from the needle-passing hole to the front end. The first side wall and the second side wall are formed integral with the bottom wall and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the bottom wall. The guard piece is attached to the first side wall to cover the gap between the first side wall and the second side wall from above. In plan view, the guard piece is spaced from the needle-passing hole and does not overlap with the needle-passing hole. The guard piece and the second side wall are spaced apart from each other by a second slit.

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Dependent claims

A presser foot for a sewing machine, comprising:

a bottom wall having a front end and a rear end and formed with a needle-passing hole and a first slit extending from the needle-passing hole to the front end;
a first side wall and a second side wall that are formed integral with the bottom wall and spaced apart from each other;
and
a guard piece attached to the first side wall to cover a gap between the first side wall and the second side wall from above,
wherein the guard piece is spaced from the needle-passing hole in plan view, the guard piece extends from the first side wall toward the second side wall and terminates short of the second side wall to form a second slit between the second side wall and the guard piece, and
an entirety of the guard piece and the second side wall are spaced apart from each other by the second slit in plan view.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Presser foot for sewing machine

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Presser foot for sewing machine

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