Holder member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9850610-B2
Application number	US-201514636633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A holder member includes a planar portion, a mounting portion, a color reference member, and an affixing device. The planar portion has a surface that is planar. The mounting portion supports the planar portion. The mounting portion is also configured to be removably mounted on an embroidery frame moving mechanism of a sewing machine. The color reference member is provided on the planar portion. The color reference member also shows a color that serves as a reference. The affixing device is configured to fix in place an object that has been placed on the planar portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rectangular holder member, comprising:
a planar portion that has a surface that is planar and is rectangular;
a mounting portion that is provided in a longitudinal side of a perimeter portion of the planar portion, that extends in a longitudinal direction of the planar portion, that supports the planar portion, and that is configured to be removably mounted on an embroidery frame moving mechanism of a sewing machine;
a plurality of base lines that are straight line segments provided on the planar portion;
a color reference member that is rectangular, that is located in a position which is outside of a range bounded by the base lines on the planar portion in the longitudinal direction of the planar portion, and that shows a color that serves as a reference, a longitudinal side of the color reference member being orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion; and
an affixing device that:
is configured to fix in place an object that has been placed on the planar portion; and
includes a plurality of magnets and a plurality of magnetic bodies, each of the magnetic bodies being embedded in the planar portion and provided on one of the base lines.

2. The rectangular holder member according to claim 1 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular white color reference member that serves as a reference for the color white, and a longitudinal direction of the white color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

3. The rectangular holder member according to claim 1 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular black color reference member that serves as a reference for the color black, and a longitudinal direction of the black color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

4. The rectangular holder member according to claim 1 , wherein
the affixing device is provided on the planar portion, and
the rectangular holder member further comprises an indicator portion that is provided in at least a perimeter portion of the planar portion and that includes an indicator that indicates a position where the affixing device is provided on the planar portion.

5. A rectangular holder member, comprising:
a planar portion that has a surface that is planar and is rectangular;
an engaging portion that is provided in the planar portion and that is capable of engaging with an embroidery frame that a sewing machine holds;
a plurality of base lines that are straight line segments provided on the planar portion;
a color reference member that is rectangular, that is located in a position which is outside of a range bounded by the base lines on the planar portion in the longitudinal direction of the planar portion, and that shows a color that serves as a reference, a longitudinal side of the color reference member being orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion; and
an affixing device that:
is configured to fix in place an object that has been placed on the planar portion; and
includes a plurality of magnets and a plurality of magnetic bodies, each of the magnetic bodies being embedded in the planar portion and provided on one of the base lines.

6. The rectangular holder member according to claim 5 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular white color reference member that serves as a reference for the color white, and a longitudinal direction of the white color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

7. The rectangular holder member according to claim 5 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular black color reference member that serves as a reference for the color black, and a longitudinal direction of the black color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

8. The rectangular holder member according to claim 5 , further comprising,
an indicator portion that is provided in at least a perimeter portion of the planar portion and that includes an indicator that indicates a position where each magnetic body is embedded in the planar portion.

9. A rectangular holder member, comprising:
a planar portion that has a surface that is planar and is rectangular;
a plate that is rectangular, that is made of a magnetic material, and that is provided on the planar portion;
a mounting portion that is provided in one longitudinal side of a perimeter portion of the planar portion, that extends in a longitudinal direction of the planar portion, that supports the planar portion, and that is configured to be removably mounted on an embroidery frame moving mechanism of a sewing machine; and
a color reference member that is rectangular, that is located in a position on the planar portion where the plate is not provided, that is located relative to the plate in the longitudinal direction of the planar portion, and that shows a color that serves as a reference, a longitudinal side of the color reference member being orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion, a length of the longitudinal direction of the color reference member being equal to a length of a transverse direction of the plate.

10. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a magnet that, together with the plate, fixes in place an object that has been placed on the planar portion.

11. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular white color reference member that serves as a reference for the color white, and a longitudinal direction of the white color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

12. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , wherein
the color reference member includes a rectangular black color reference member that serves as a reference for the color black, and a longitudinal direction of the black color reference member is orthogonal to the longitudinal side of the planar portion.

13. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a raised portion that is provided in the planar portion and that protrudes higher than the surface of the color reference member in at least a portion of the perimeter of the color reference member.

14. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a sliding sheet that is provided on a face of the planar portion on the opposite side from the surface of the planar portion , and that is provided at an edge of one longitudinal side of the planar portion opposite to another longitudinal side of the planar portion with the mounting portion, wherein
a coefficient of friction of the sliding sheet is lower than a coefficient of friction of the planar portion.

15. The rectangular holder member according to claim 9 , wherein
the plate has been given a surface treatment that enables at least one of drawing by a writing instrument and erasing by an erasing instrument in the drawing area.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Iida Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• D05C9/04

  Work holders, e.g. frames · CPC title

• D05C5/00

  Embroidering machines with arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps · CPC title

• D05B19/04

  characterised by memory aspects · CPC title

• D05B19/02 Primary

  Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit · CPC title

• D05B81/00 Primary

  Sewing machines incorporating devices serving purposes other than sewing, e.g. for blowing air, for grinding · CPC title