Patent ID: 8453587

Claim:
A hopping foot assembly for a sewing machine, the sewing machine having a sewing machine body and a needle bar, the hopping foot assembly comprising: a hopping foot having a hopping foot top with a hopping foot needle bar opening, a closed loop hopping foot base with a hopping foot base opening extending through the hopping foot base, and one or more hopping foot arms, the hopping foot base being connected to the hopping foot top by the one or more hopping foot arms; a hopping foot bushing having a hopping foot bushing exterior surface, a hopping foot bushing bottom, an approximately vertical interior annular space, and a concentric bushing spring base ring, the hopping foot bushing bottom being connected to the hopping foot top, the annular space dimensioned to provide for a normal up and down sewing movement of the needle bar in the annular space, and the concentric bushing spring base ring being affixed to the hopping foot exterior surface; a bushing spring fitted concentrically to and adjacent to the hopping foot bushing exterior surface, the bushing spring having a bushing spring top and a bushing spring base, the bushing spring base resting upon the bushing spring base ring; and a spring fork assembly anchored to the sewing machine body, the spring fork assembly having a spring fork assembly base, the bushing spring top being fitted beneath the spring fork assembly base.