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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1999
Tetsuo Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Satoshi Kato, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuo Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Satoshi Kato, Kariya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A headgear holder for use with a sewing machine, the holder holding a headgear including a covering member with an opening and a sweatband fixed to an annular portion of the covering member located on the side of the opening,the sweatband being foldable into an inner space of the covering member and unfoldable outside from the inner space through the opening, the sewing machine forming an embroidery on each of a frontal portion, and at least one of a right and a left temporal portion, of the annular portion,the holder including a main frame member on which the headgear is set such that the sweatband unfolded outside and the annular portion of the covering member externally fit on the main frame member, a pressing member which externally presses the headgear set on the main frame member, and two fastening devicesone ofwhichis provided between the main frame member and a corresponding one of opposite ends of the pressing member and the other of which is provided between the main frame member and the other end of the pressing member, the two fastening devices cooperatingcooperatewith each other to fasten the pressing member to the main frame member to hold the headgear between the pressing member and the main frame member, each of the fastening devices being provided at a position where the each fastening device permits the sweatband unfolded outside to fit externally on the main frame member.