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US 6,722,748 B2Granted
Sewing accessories box
AssigneeFritz Gegauf AG Bernina-Nähmaschinenefabrik
InventorsJurg Eichmann, Richard Amiel
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Abstract
A sewing accessories box includes a bottom part, as a set-up base, a back wall, a front wall, which is designed as a door, two side walls, a deck and interior shelves, which serve as receiving shelves for receiving accessories, such as bobbins or presser feet for a sewing machine. Each individual accessory is able to be retained in a holding and transport position on the receiving shelf so that, by way of actuation by a release key or by a swivelling movement of an individual accessory, the accessory can be moved from its holding and transport position into a removal position.
Claims19
A sewing accessories box, comprising:
- a bottom set-up base;
- a back wall;
- a front wall constructed as a door;
- two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall, and extending from said bottom set-up-base;
- and,
- at least one receiving shelf contained within said bottom set-up base, said back wall, said front wall and said two side walls for receiving sewing accessories, said receiving shelf comprising:
- lockable means for retaining sewing accessories in a holding and transport position on said receiving shelf;
- and,
- means for releasing said lockable means for retaining the sewing accessories held by said lockable means from said holding and transport position to a removal position for removing the sewing accessories from said sewing accessories box.
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A sewing accessories box, comprising:
- a bottom set-up base;
- a back wall;
- a front wall constructed as a door;
- two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall, and extending from said bottom set-up base;
- and,
- at least one receiving shelf contained within said bottom set-up base, said back wall, said front wall and said two side walls for receiving sewing accessories, said receiving shelf comprising:
- means for retaining sewing accessories in a holding and transport position on said receiving shelf;
- and,
- means for changing, by actuation of via release key, the sewing accessories held by said means for retaining from said holding and transport position to a removal position for removing the sewing accessories from said sewing accessories box,
- wherein said at least one receiving shelf is a first receiving shelf comprising a plurality of thread bobbin push-in shelves for a lower thread bobbin, in which each individual bobbin is lockable in said holding and transport position via forces radially acting on the lower thread bobbin and, by actuating said release key, said forces radially acting are cancelled out, and the lower thread bobbin becomes transferable from said holding and transport position to said removal position on said first receiving shelf.
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A sewing accessories box, comprising:
- a bottom set-up base;
- a back wall;
- a front wall constructed as a door;
- two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall, and extending from said bottom set-up base;
- and,
- at least one receiving shelf contained within said bottom set-up base, said back wall, said front wall and said two side walls for receiving sewing accessories, said receiving shelf comprising:
- means for retaining sewing accessories in a holding and transport position on said receiving shelf;
- and,
- means for changing the sewing accessories held by said means for retaining from said holding and transport position to a removal position for removing the sewing accessories from said sewing accessories box,
- wherein said at least one receiving shelf is a first receiving shelf comprising a C-shaped cross-section with a lower leg and an upper leg with said lower leg being longer than said upper leg, and with an end of said upper leg having a retaining rib for positioning a bobbin in said holding and transport position.
7 more elements
A sewing accessories box, comprising:
- a bottom set-up base;
- a back wall;
- a front wall constructed as a door;
- two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall, and extending from said bottom set-up base;
- and,
- at least one receiving shelf contained within said bottom set-up base, said back wall, said front wall and said two side walls for receiving sewing accessories, said receiving shelf comprising:
- means for retaining sewing accessories in a holding and transport position on said receiving shelf;
- and,
- means for changing the sewing accessories held by said means for retaining from said holding and transport position to a removal position for removing the sewing accessories from said sewing accessories box,
- wherein said at least one receiving shelf is a first receiving shelf for retaining presser feet, said first receiving shelf having a plurality of spaced-apart forwardly pointing tabs and, with a vertical spacing therefrom, retaining cams located above intermediate spaces between said tabs.
7 more elements
A sewing accessories box, comprising:
- a bottom set-up base;
- a back wall;
- a front wall constructed as a door;
- two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall, and extending from said bottom set-up base;
- and,
- at least one receiving shelf contained within said bottom set-up base, said back wall, said front wall and said two side walls for receiving sewing accessories, said receiving shelf comprising:
- means for retaining sewing accessories in a holding and transport position on said receiving shelf;
- and,
- means for changing the sewing accessories held by said means for retaining from said holding and transport position to a removal position for removing the sewing accessories from said sewing accessories box, said means for changing including means for a swivel movement of the sewing accessories.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.