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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Abm International, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Industrial Indexing Systems, Inc., Victor, NY (US);
Neal A. Schwarzberger, The Woodlands, TX (US);
William E. Schnaufer, Rochester, NY (US);
ABM International, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stitching a workpiece, such as a quilt, is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a predetermined pattern on a display and manipulating the predetermined pattern on the display. The display includes an indicator corresponding to a position of a sewing head relative to the workpiece. The method further includes moving a control handle operably connected to the sewing head to move the indicator relative to the pattern on the display and move the sewing head relative to the workpiece. Devices to practice the method include sewing machines having a sewing head moveable relative to a workpiece and a control handle operably connected to the sewing head to move the sewing head relative to the workpiece, wherein the display showing a pattern to be sewn is mounted relative to the control handle for movement with the control handle.