Patent ID: 7168378

Claim:
An embroidery frame which is detachably attached to an embroidery unit, and which is provided with an outer frame and an inner frame that clamp therebetween an embroidery cloth that extends across an underside of the inner frame, the embroidery frame comprising: a first inclined surface which is provided at least on a part of a cloth-clamping surface of the outer frame that holds the cloth between the inner and outer frames, and which is upwardly inclined toward an inside of the outer frame; and a second inclined surface which is provided in a portion of the cloth-clamping surface of the inner frame corresponding to the first inclined surface, the inner frame holding the cloth between the outer and inner frames, and which is upwardly inclined toward an inside of the inner frame, wherein: at least either of the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface has a single incline and a single continuous cloth clamping inclined surface on at least a portion of the outer frame or the inner frame.