Open arm sewing machine cabinet
AssigneeMontgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated
InventorsWalter A. Godlewski, Bernard S. Roser, John B. Lyons
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Abstract
A cabinet for storage of a sewing machine operable selectively for open arm and flat bed sewing is disclosed. The machine is mounted fast to a first panel for swinging movement therewith to operative position, and is locked in place by a second panel which swings out of position during the swinging movement of the first panel and to a return position to hold the first panel with the machine mounted thereon into a position for open arm sewing. Additional panels are mounted for swinging movement away from the machine during open arm operation thereof, and towards the machine to lie in planar relationship for flat bed sewing.
Claims8
In a cabinet for a sewing machine capable of open arm or flat bed sewing operations:
- a. walls defining an enclosure for storage of a sewing machine;
- b. first and second pairs of panels wholly pivotal within opposed walls of said enclosure and movable to positions selectively to provide work surfaces for open arm and flat bed sewing;
- c. said first pair of panels supporting said machine for both flat bed and open arm sewing;
- d. said second pair of panels overlying said first pair of panels and being movable into position over said first pair of panels into planar relationship to define a work surface for flat bed sewing;
- e. one of said first pair of panels having said machine secured thereto and being hinged to the walls of said enclosure internally thereof for storage of said machine beneath the plane of said second pair of panels;
- f. the second of said first pair of panels being hinged to walls of said enclosure in opposed relationship to said one panel of said first pair, and being swingable out of position by movement of the said one of said first pair of panels to the working position of said machine for both open arm and flat bed sewing;
- g. meas biasing the said second of said first pair of panels to a position to support said machine after reverse swinging movement of the said one of said first panels.
In a cabinet for a sewing machine capable of open arm or flat bed sewing operations:
- a. walls defining an enclosure for storage of a sewing machine;
- b. first and second pairs of panels movable to positions selectively to provide work surfaces for open arm and flat bed sewing;
- c. said first pair of panels supporting said machine for both flat bed and open arm sewing;
- d. said second pair of panels overlying said first pair of panels and being movable into position over said first pair of panels into planar relationship to define a work surface for flat bed sewing by said machine;
- e. one of said first pair of panels having said machine secured thereto and being hinged to said enclosure internally thereof for storage of said machine beneath the plane of said second panels;
- f. the second of said first pair of panels being hinged to said enclosure in opposed relationship to said one panel, and being swingable out of position by movement of the said one of said first pair of panels to the working position of said machine for both open arm and flat bed sewing;
- g. meas biasing the said second of said first pair of panels to a position to support said machine after reverse swinging movement of the said first panels;
- h. said last named means being spring means and said second of said first pair of panels being swingable against the bias of said spring means during movement of the first of said first pair of panels and said machine to operative position;
- i. said second of said first pair of panels being moved by the bias of said spring means to stop means mounted within said enclosure to maintain both said one and said second of said first panels in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.