US2881966A - Hand sewing buck - Google Patents

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April 1959 J. J. HOLMES 2,881,966

HAND SEWING BUCK Filed May 9, 1957 7 INVENTOR JAMES J.HOLMES w, BY

ATTORNEYS United States Patent HAND SEWING BUCK James J. Holmes, Wauwatosa, Wis. Application May 9, 1957, Serial No. 658,105 2 Claims. (Cl. 269-116) This invention appertains to an appliance for facilitating the handling and sewing of carpets incident to the laying thereof on a floor.

With the growing demand for wall-to-wall carpeting, manufacturers have produced carpets of greater widths, say from 12 to 20 feet, to eliminate the necessity of making a great number of seams during the laying of the carpet, and thereby reducing the cost of carpet laying, and to produce a better over all effect in the laid carpet. However, the necessity for joining pieces of carpets together still arises, and due to the great widths of carpet, the handling and the sewing thereof creates a problem and the making of a neat, concealed seam is exceedingly difficult.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention to provide a novel device (hereinafter referred to as a sewing buck), for effectively holding carpets of great widths firmly in place and against movement, with their edges in desired abutting relation and at a convenient height, whereby an operator can easily sew the carpet edges together and thus form a neat seam without the necessity of holding or manipulating the carpet itself.

Another salient object of my invention is to provide a sewing buck embodying spaced end frames connected at their upper terminals by planks, boards or other tack receiving members, whereby the carpet ends can be brought over said planks in abutting relation and temporarily tacked to the planks, so that the carpet ends will be held against movement and thus facilitate the sewing together of the abutting carpet edges.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sewing buck embodying a support having widely spaced end frames rigidly connected by an elevated longitudinally extending beam, preferably of an angle shape in crosssection, with planks removably bolted or otherwise secured to the sides or flanges of the beam to which the carpet can be temporarily tacked, the elevated beam with its planks, permitting the carpet to be swung thereunder so that an operator will have easy access to the carpet edges for sewing.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a sewing buck of the above character, which will be durable and eflicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placed upon the market at a small cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved sewing buck;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the buck taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, the view also showlee ing carpet terminals in place and temporarily tacked to the buck for sewing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter B generally indicates my novel sewing buck and the same includes a supporting structure 5. This support 5 includes end frames 6 and 7. The end frames 6 and 7 are of an inverted V-shape in elevation and are preferably formed from lengths of tubular stock bent into the desired shape. These end frames may, if desired, be mounted on a table (not shown) but in the preferred form, each end frame includes supporting legs 8 and the upper ends of the legs are bent inwardly toward one another and into abutting relation. These abutting terminals are firmly secured together in any desired way, such as by welding. The legs 8 can be braced by suitable means, such as a bar 9, and the terminals of the bar are connected to the legs adjacent to their lower ends. All of the legs can carry, if such should be desired, rollers 10 so that the buck can be moved from place to place with facility.

The upper ends of the end frames 6 and 7 are rigidly and firmly united by a longitudinally extending beam 11 and this beam is of an angle shape in cross-section and can be formed from angle iron should such be desired. The beam can be welded or otherwise fastened to the end frames 6 and 7, and is so disposed, that its sides or flanges 12 incline downwardly from a central point. If preferred, additional braces (not shown) can be used to connect the legs 8 with the beam 11.

Connected to the flanges 12 of the beam 11 are planks, boards, or other tack receiving members 13 and the upper longitudinal edges of these planks 13 are beveled and placed in abutting relation to form a smooth joint. These planks 13 can be temporarily secured to the sides or flanges 12 of the beam 11 by screws 14, bolts or the like.

In use of my improved sewing buck (see Fig. 3), carpet lengths 15 and 16 are brought over the opposite sides of the buck and are temporarily secured to the buck by driving tacks or nails 17 through the carpet lengths into the planks 13. During the temporary securing of the carpet lengths in place, care is taken so that the edges of the carpet lengths to be sewed will be brought into intimate engagement. One carpet length, say carpet length 16, can be folded back under the buck so that an operator can stand close to the planks and thus easily reach the abutting carpet edges so that the same can be sewed to form the seam. After the sewing and the forming of the scam in the usual way, the tacks 17 are removed and the joined carpet lengths are taken off the buck and the carpet is then laid on the floor.

Obviously, after planks 13 become worn from constant tacking, the same can be easily replaced by removing the screws 14.

The sewing buck B can be made in varying lengths to suit the needs of the purchaser.

Various other changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. A sewing buck for facilitating the sewing of abutting edges of carpet lengths comprising a rigid supporting structure including widely spaced end frames and an inverted V-shaped longitudinally extending beam rigidly secured to the upper ends of the end frames, and tack receiving exposed planks rigidly secured to the outer faces of the inclined sides of the beam and extending the length of the beam for receiving the terminals of carpet lengths and to which the carpet lengths are temporarily tacked.

2. A sewing buck for facilitating the sewing of abutting edges of carpet lengths comprising a rigid structure 4 lengths are temporarily tacked, said planks having their upper edges beveled and disposed in abutting relation to form a smooth joint on which the abutting carpet edges rest.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,880,909 Dunlap Oct. 4, 1932

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