Combined housing and operative handle for a hand-operated sewing machine

Title:

Combined housing and operative handle for a hand-operated sewing machine

United States Patent D377358

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Inventors:

Tippmann Sr., Dennis J. (New Haven, IN)

Application Number:

D/046032

Publication Date:

01/14/1997

Filing Date:

11/06/1995

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Assignee:

Tippmann Pneumatics, Inc. (Fort Wayne, IN)

Primary Class:

D15/69

Field of Search:

D15/66-78, 112/217.1-217.4, 112/258-262.1, 112/169, 112/303, 112/310, 112/221

US Patent References:

1809192	Hand sewing machine	June, 1931	Cahill et al.
2176977	Hand guided mechanically driven intermittently operated sewing device	October, 1939	Nicolay
2206484	Hand sewing machine	July, 1940	Monroe
2374731	Sewing machine unit	May, 1945	Christensen	112/258
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2507814	Hand sewing machine	May, 1950	Rantanen
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3165080	Hand operated button sewer	January, 1965	Castelletti
3390652	Hand held and operated sewing machine	July, 1968	Morris
3435789	TOY SEWING MACHINE	April, 1969	Kuramochi
3745950	PORTABLE ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE	July, 1973	Kato
3834333	ELECTROMOTIVE HAND SEWER	September, 1974	Seyama
3837306	PORTABLE LIGHTWEIGHT HAND-HELD SEWING MACHINE	September, 1974	Doyel
3957004	Hand-operated lock stitch sewing machine	May, 1976	Ketterer et al.
4185573	Sewing machine	January, 1980	Naito
4236470	Portable stitching device	December, 1980	Stenson
4401043	Double pointed looper actuating mechanism for chain stitch sewing machine	August, 1983	Peterson
4428312	Loop positioning arrangement for double pointed looper sewing machine	January, 1984	Ketterer
4501211	Lock stitch type hand sewing machine	February, 1985	Seyama
4503791	Cam controlled gate spring for chain stitch sewing machine	March, 1985	Killinger
4505213	Stitch length control for hand operable sewing machine	March, 1985	Killinger
4535711	Looper-cam shifting arrangement for a sewing machine	August, 1995	Ketterer
5389103	Surgical stitching apparatus	February, 1995	Melzer et al.
5396853	Double-thread hand sewing machine transmission mechanism	March, 1995	Huang

Primary Examiner:

Wallace, Terry A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Barnes & Thornburg

Claims:

1. The ornamental design for a combined housing and operative handle for ahand-operated sewing machine, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a combined housing and operative handle for a hand-operated sewing machine showing my new design, the broken lines are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.