Support guide for making deck seams and french seams with slide fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsYoshifumi Nakata, Richard James Lorenz, JR., Tomonari Yoshida, Tetsuya Yoshino, Thanh Phat Nguyen
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Abstract
Disclosed is a support guide for sewing a decorative topstitch on a seam with a slide fastener, the support guide including a first top surface; and a second top surface, the first top surface coplanar with the second top surface and spaced apart from the second top surface by a distance sized to accept the slide fastener.
Claims20
A support guide for sewing a decorative topstitch on a seam with a slide fastener, the support guide comprising:
- a first top surface;
- and
- a second top surface, the first top surface coplanar with the second top surface and spaced apart from the second top surface by a distance sized to accept the slide fastener.
A sewing system for sewing a decorative topstitch on a seam with a slide fastener, the system comprising:
- a sewing machine;
- and
- a support guide, the support guide including a first top surface and a second top surface, the first top surface coplanar with the second top surface and spaced apart from the second top surface by a distance sized to accept the slide fastener.
A method of sewing a decorative topstitch on a seam with a slide fastener, the slide fastener including a first joining part including a first set of connecting elements and a second joining part including a second set of connecting elements, the method comprising:
- affixing a first sewing panel to the slide fastener by affixing the first joining part of the slide fastener to a first joining edge of the first sewing panel;
- affixing a second sewing panel to the slide fastener by affixing the second joining part of the slide fastener to a second joining edge of the second sewing panel;
- connecting the first set of connecting elements to the second set of connecting elements thereby forming a joint seam;
- placing the joint seam with the slide fastener face down on a support guide mounted on a sewing machine to align the slide fastener in a vertical position and in a horizontal position, a bottom leading edge of the first sewing panel and a bottom leading edge of the second sewing panel aligned with the first top surface and second top surface;
- placing the joint seam with slide fastener into a space between the first top surface and the second top surface to align the joint seam with a needle;
- and
- sewing a decorative topstitch on at least one side of the joint seam through a one of the first sewing panel or the second sewing panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.