Patent ID: 8726821

Claim:
A handheld machine for attaching a hair weave to natural hair, comprising: a housing; a motor having a shaft, the motor being disposed in the housing; an on/off switch connected to the motor; a dial for selecting a stitch pattern, the dial being mounted on the housing; a power switch connected to the motor, the motor shaft rotating when the on/off switch is in the “on” position and the power switch is pressed; a bobbin case and a bobbin of thread disposed within the case, the bobbin case being disposed within the housing; a needle; a linkage connecting the needle to the motor shaft, the linkage being operable to cause the needle to reciprocate when the shaft rotates; a primary thread spool for delivering thread to the needle when the needle reciprocates; guard members disposed on the housing, the guard members being adapted for abutting a user's scalp during use to protect the scalp from injury; a tension dial disposed on the housing, the tension dial adjusting the tension of the thread leaving the bobbin thread spool; a rotary wheel disposed on the housing, the rotary wheel moving the needle up and down manually; a plate disposed beneath the needle and above the bobbin case, the plate having a needle opening defined therein, the plate being adapted for supporting a portion of the hair weave and strands of the natural hair of a user's head thereon above the needle opening in order to stitch the hair weave and the natural hair together; and a needle point of entry having a distance of approximately one eighth of an inch or less from a head tip of the machine, the point of entry distance allowing the machine to sew close to the scalp.