Patent ID: 7399373

Claim:
A seaming apparatus ( 10 ) for joining, along a seam without thread, at least two superposed flexible sheet materials ( 12 , 14 ), said seaming apparatus comprising bonding means ( 16 , 18 ) for bonding together at least two flexible sheet materials, said bonding means having a nip portion ( 36 ) for releasably engaging together sheet material in use of the apparatus; and drive means ( 20 , 22 ) formed and arranged for engaging sheet material, in use and to be bonded, and moving incrementally sheet material through said bonding means, said drive means being formed and arranged to co-operate with said nip portion so as to sequentially nip then drive material through the apparatus with only one of said nip portion and said drive means in contact with sheet material, in use of the apparatus, at any given moment, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a pin portion ( 29 ) formed and arranged to hold in said apparatus, flexible sheet material ( 12 , 14 ), in use of the apparatus, at a time when it is not engaged by either the drive means ( 20 , 22 ) or the bonding means ( 16 , 18 ), enabling flexible sheet material in use of the apparatus to be pivoted there around for easy maneuvering of a seam shape.