Case for portable sewing machines

A case for a portable sewing machine of the type having a work supporting bed, a standard secured to said bed, a bracket secured to said standard and spaced from said bed, a flywheel mounted on said standard adjacent to said bracket, and a handle mounted on the top of said bracket, comprising a hollow base having an open top defined by an upper marginal portion and being arranged to receive said bed of the sewing machine;

• a separate cover having an elongated opening through which said handle of the sewing machine, whose bed is supported by said base, extends so that said case can be lifted through the medium of the machine by way of said handle, said cover having a second substantially circular opening through which said flywheel of the sewing machine extends, said cover further having a lower open end defined by a lower marginal portion abutting against said upper marginal portion of said base without being fastened thereto;
• and means securing said base to said bed.

A case for a portable sewing machine of the type having a work supporting bed, a standard secured to said bed, a bracket secured to said standard and spaced from said bed, a flywheel mounted on said standard adjacent to said bracket, and a handle mounted on the top of said bracket, comprising a hollow base having an open top defined by an upper marginal portion and being arranged to receive said bed of the sewing machine;

• a separate cover having an opening through which said handle of the sewing machine, whose bed is supported by said base, extends so that said case can be lifted through the medium of the machine by way of said handle, said cover having a second opening through which said flywheel of the sewing machine extends, said cover further having a lower open end defined by a lower marginal portion abutting against said upper marginal portion of said base without being fastened thereto;
• and means securing said base to said bed comprising a plurality of threaded fasteners.

A case for a portable sewing machine of the type having a work supporting bed, a standard secured to said bed, a bracket secured to said standard and spaced from said bed, a flywheel mounted on said standard adjacent to said bracket, and a handle mounted on the top pf said bracket, comprising a hollow base having an open top defined by an upper marginal portion and being arranged to receive said bed of the sewing machine, said bed having a polygonal bottom wall and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall;

• means for supporting the bed of a machine in said case including supporting elements located in said base adjacent to the corners of said bottom wall;
• a separate cover having an opening through which said handle of the sewing machine, whose bed is supported by said base, extends so that said case can be lifted through the medium of the machine by way of said handle, said cover having a second opening through which said flywheel of the sewing machine extends, said cover further having a lower open end defined by a lower marginal portion abutting against said upper marginal portion of said base without being fastened thereto;
• and means securing said base to said bed.

A case for a portable sewing machine of the type having a work supporting bed, a standard secured to said bed, a bracket secured to said standard and spaced from said bed, a flywheel mounted on said standard adjacent to said bracket a mechanism is mounted at the underside of said bed, and a handle mounted on the top of said bracket, comprising a hollow base having an open top defined by an upper marginal portion and being arranged to receive said bed of the sewing machine, said base including a bottom wall having a window in register with the mechanism at the underside of the bed of the machine in said case;

• a separate cover having an opening through which said handle of the sewing machine, whose bed is supported by said base, extends so that said case can be lifted through the medium of the machine by way of said handle, said cover having a second opening through which said flywheel of the sewing machine extends, said cover further having a lower open end defined by a lower marginal portion abutting against said upper marginal portion of said base without being fastened thereto;
• and means securing said base to said bed.

A case for a portable sewing machine of the type having a work supporting bed, a standard secured to said bed, a bracket secured to said standard and spaced from said bed, a flywheel mounted on said standard adjacent to said bracket, and a handle mounted on the top of said bracket, comprising a hollow base having an open top defined by an upper marginal portion and being arranged to receive said bed of the sewing machine, said base having a compartment laterally adjacent to the bed of the sewing machine in said case;

• a separate cover having an opening through which said handle of the sewing machine, whose bed is supported by said base, extends so that said case can be lifted through the medium of the machine by way of said handle, said compartment of said base being open at the top and being accessible upon lifting of said cover, said cover having a second opening through which said flywheel of the sewing machine extends, said cover further having a lower open end defined by a lower marginal portion abutting against said upper marginal portion of said base without being fastened thereto;
• and means securing said base to said bed.