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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Thomas Andrew Payne, Arlington, TN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Andrew Payne, Arlington, TN (US);
Assignee:
Brother International Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 9/04 (2006.01); D05C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for engaging a frame to a frame driving mechanism in a sewing machine. The mating alignment feature allows engagement of the embroidery frame to the apparatus where the frame engagement mechanism is at least partially obscured.