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US 11,753,756 B2Granted
Hem sewing system
OwnerAdelite Silvainventor
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Abstract
A dual plate mount system with adjustment brackets, a hook, and fabric spaces is used to improve hem sewing speed and consistency. The target fabric is threaded around and through the hook end and loop, the apparatus adjusting to the desired width and overhang. The apparatus can be used in connection with a sewing machine or manually. The apparatus aligns the fabric hem that is pushed or pulled through toward the sewing machine needle plate.
Claims4
A method of implementing a dual-plate apparatus comprising a top plate removably coupled to a corresponding bottom plate,
- wherein the bottom plate has a curved end, and the top plate has a curved end that cradles the bottom plate curved end, and
- wherein the bottom plate has a hook with a hook loop and a hook end, and
- wherein the top plate and the bottom plate are substantially similar in width, and
- wherein the bottom plate comprises a right adjustment bracket having a rectangle shape and having two fasteners arranged horizontally in the right adjustment bracket and a left adjustment bracket having a rectangle shape and having two fasteners arranged horizontally in the left adjustment bracket,
- the method steps comprising
- a. selecting fabric;
- b. threading the fabric through the hook of the bottom plate and around the hook loop to create a fold with a fabric overhang having a fabric edge;
- c. placing the top plate over the bottom plate by inserting the bottom plate curved end into a center space of a top plate open end to where the top plate curved end cradles the hook;
- d. pulling the fabric overhang through the center space;
- e. placing the apparatus with fabric on one side of a sewing machine having a needle, thread, and needle plate, and where the apparatus is not mounted to the sewing machine;
- f. placing the pulled overhang over the needle plate to start sewing a seam;
- and
- g. activating the sewing machine to sew a seam.
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