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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1991
Ralph F Conley, Jr, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Ricky J Frye, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Christopher J Kerley, West Carrollton, OH (US);
MIM Industries, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A workpiece pallet for transporting and holding a workpiece to be sewn in a programmable sewing machine. The workpiece pallet has a first frame member and a second frame member which is pivotally secured to the first frame member. The workpiece pallet also includes a detachable workpiece holder having a first template member and a second template member which can be detachably mounted to the first and second frame members, respectively. In one embodiment, the first template member has a seat and the second template member has a flange which cooperates with the seat in order to removably retain the workpiece in a mounted position in the workpiece holder so that the programmable sewing machine can sew a predetermined stitch pattern on the workpiece. In another embodiment, a support member is used in place of the second template member. The support member has a plurality of fingers which force the workpiece against the seat of the first template member. The fingers can be slidably adjusted in order to accomodate any shaped seat. The workpiece holder can be detached from the workpiece pallet and replaced with a new workpiece holder when necessary to accomodate a workpiece having a different shape or to accomodate a change in the predetermined stitch pattern.