Patent ID: 7011031

Claim:
A quilting apparatus for guiding a sewing machine relative to at least one layer of fabric, the quilting apparatus comprising: a table having a working surface; a quilting rack configured to selectively take in and pay out the fabric in a substantially planar orientation defined by lateral and longitudinal dimensions, the quilting rack being mountable with respect to the working surface; a carriage assembly supported by the working surface and configured to selectively transport the sewing machine with respect to the fabric along the lateral and longitudinal dimensions of the quilting rack; at least one vertical support being rotatably connected to the table relative to an end of the at least one vertical support, the quilting rack being rotatably mounted to the at least one vertical support; wherein a horizontal tilted position of the quilting rack is selectively adjustable in the lateral dimension of the working surface by selectively rotating the at least one vertical support at the table connection, said quilting rack having a vertical mode distal the sewing machine to expose the working surface; wherein a vertical height of the quilting rack is selectively adjustable with respect to the working surface by a movable mount to the at least one vertical support to allow a transport mode flat against the table; and wherein a tilt of the quilting rack is selectively adjustable with respect to the working surface by selectively rotating the quilting rack on the at least one vertical support.