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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:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Vytenis J Viltrakis, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Mark Mason, Fairfield, OH (US);
Inventors:
Vytenis J Viltrakis, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Mark Mason, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 9/04 (2006.01); D05B 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A low profile clamp for an embroidery machine uses resilient arms that function as a leaf spring to transmit compressive closing forces to secure articles to be embroidered between clamping windows. A roller is moved in an arcuate path to apply bending stresses to clamp arms. The low profile of the clamp allows it to pass between the presser feet and throat plate protecting the presser feet and needles from serious damage if the panagraph moves the body of the clamp in the space between presser feet and throat plate during machine initialization or at any other time.