Patent ID: 7073453
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: D05B,D05C

Abstract:
1. A method of quilting a substrate with a multi-needle quilting machine having at least two rows of stitching elements comprising: with stitching elements of each of the at least two rows activated, stitching a first pattern with the rows of stitching elements while imparting relative longitudinal movement in a net forward direction between the stitching elements and the substrate; then deactivating a first row of the stitching elements at a first set of final longitudinal positions on the substrate; then, with the stitching elements of the first row deactivated, further stitching the first pattern with a second row of the stitching elements while imparting additional relative longitudinal movement of a first given longitudinal distance in a net forward direction between the stitching elements and the substrate; then deactivating the second row of the stitching elements at a second set of final longitudinal positions on the substrate having a predetermined relationship to the first set of final longitudinal positions; then, maintaining the stitching elements of the first row at a first set of starting longitudinal positions; then activating the first row of the stitching elements at the first set of starting longitudinal positions on the substrate; then, with the stitching elements of the first row activated, stitching a second pattern with the first row of the stitching elements while imparting additional relative longitudinal movement a second given distance in a net forward direction between the stitching elements and the substrate; then activating the second row of the stitching elements at a second set of starting longitudinal positions on the substrate having a predetermined relationship to the first set of starting longitudinal positions; then, with stitching elements of the first and second rows activated, further stitching the second pattern with the rows of stitching elements while imparting relative longitudinal movement in a net forward direction between the stitching elements and the substrate; whereby, the first and second final longitudinal positions of the first pattern are less than the first given longitudinal distance apart and the first and second starting longitudinal positions of the second pattern are less than the second given longitudinal distance apart.