Patent ID: 7134399

Claim:
A device for preparing seam allowances in a seam cloth having a front, a back, a length between the front and back, and a thin side forming a seam allowance with a thin end, and an expanded sew cord comprised of a fold in the seam cloth enclosing a cord said seem cord being opposite the seam allowance thin end and said thin end fitting within a fold in a base cloth for use with a stitching machine that stitches the base cloth fold sequentially from front to back as the seam cloth is fed forward with the seam allowance then end folded into the base cloth into the stitching machine said device comprising: a) a holding means with a front and back for sequentially feeding the sew cord along its length while frictionally holding the sew cord on at least two sides and releasing the sew cord as the sew cord feeds forward through the holding means from back to front; b) a measuring means for measuring the end of the seam allowance relative to the holding means and wherein the measuring means further comprises a cutting means for aligning a cutting blade with the thin end.