Convertible sewing machine cabinet

A cabinet for a sewing machine having a work supporting bed formed with a rear laterally disposed edge, a front laterally disposed edge, and first and second longitudinal edges joining said laterally disposed edges, said work supporting bed being convertible from a flat bed configuration to a cylinder bed configuration, said cabinet comprising:

• a rear, laterally elongate, cabinet portion having a rear supporting surface;
• means for pivotally supporting said sewing machine in a first position with said sewing machine retracted from view and in a second position with said rear laterally disposed edge of said work supporting bed adjacent to and forwardly of said rear cabinet portion, with said first longitudinal edge forwardly of said rear cabinet portion, and with said work supporting bed spaced above said rear work supporting surface;
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• a vertically shiftable front, laterally elongate, cabinet portion having a front work supporting surface, said shiftable front cabinet portion, when in a lowered position, being located forwardly of and contiguous to said rear cabinet portion laterally beyond said sewing machine first longitudinal edge to the lateral end of said rear cabinet portion, said front work supporting surface being coplanar with said rear work supporting surface whereby said work supporting bed is spaced above said work supporting surfaces of both said rear and front cabinet portions.