Patent ID: 6634308
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A presser foot of a sewing machine, comprising: a vertical body member supported for movement on a presser bar of the sewing machine reciprocating along a vertical axis and having a pair of laterally spaced forwardly extending support arms; a presser shoe pivotally connected to a front end of each support arm about a horizontal pivot member said presser shoe located entirely forwardly of the vertical axis of the presser bar, said presser shoe having a bottom surface including a horizontal center section, a forwardly and upwardly inclined front section and a rearwardly and upwardly inclined rear section; and a spring member operatively connected between each shoe and support arm effective for establishing a normal horizontal position for said center section and bidirectionally resisting pivoting of said shoe about said pivot member from said normal horizontal position.