Patent ID: 8250998

Claim:
A sewing machine comprising: a sewing machine bed having an upper surface; a generally flat-plate-shaped auxiliary table which is detachably attachable to the sewing machine bed; a guide member which is provided on the sewing machine bed and guides the auxiliary table between a first position which is set at a rear side of the sewing machine bed and where the auxiliary table is held in parallel to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed and a second position which is set at a front side of the sewing machine bed and where the auxiliary table is attached to and detached from the sewing machine bed; and an engaging member which is provided on the auxiliary table so as to movably engage the guide member, wherein the guide member and the engaging member are engaged with each other, whereby a tilt of the auxiliary table to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed is limited within a predetermined angular range when the auxiliary table is positioned between the first and second positions; the guide member has a generally flat-plate-shaped bearing portion which is provided in parallel to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed and extends from the first position to the second position, and a side plate which extends below the bearing portion in a front-back direction and has a groove guiding the engaging member from the first position to the second position; and the engaging member has a sliding contact portion which is brought into sliding contact with the bearing portion and a protrusion which is inserted into the groove.