Patent ID: 6401641
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for stitching a penetrable material, said apparatus comprising:a cantilevered support for material to be stitched; and a frame comprising an upright and a head assembly projecting from the upright so that the head assembly and upright cooperatively define an L shape; the head assembly comprising a stitching head capable of directing a thread carrying needle in a sewing line through material to be stitched that is in an operative position on the support to thereby produce a pattern on the material in the operative position, said cantilevered support comprising a surface against which a material to be stitched can be placed in the operative position, said surface of the support movable relative to the stitching head around a first axis to thereby allow material in the operative position that is to be stitched to be repositioned relative to the stitching head, the sewing line extending through the support surface, the cantilevered support having axially spaced ends arranged so that a cylindrically-shaped workpiece fully separated from the cantilevered support can be directed over one axial end of the cantilevered support and slid toward the other axial end of the cantilevered support into the operative position as far as to the upright.