Patent ID: 7207281

Claim:
An improved computerized hand-guided quilting device, comprising a quilting table or frame with a translation device positioned atop the table or frame, the translation device comprising a cross carriage, translatable in a longitudinal direction atop the table or frame, and a sewing carriage having a sewing head, the sewing carriage translatable in a transverse direction atop the cross carriage, a driver for the cross carriage relative to the table or frame, and a driver for the sewing carriage relative to the cross carriage, wherein: the cross carriage driver comprises: a first actuator, mounted on the cross carriage, and a means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first actuator into an operative contact that effects longitudinal translation of the cross carriage; and the sewing carriage driver comprises: a second actuator, mounted on the sewing carriage, and a means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second actuator from an operative contact that effects transverse translation of the sewing carriage.