Abstract: A bus seat for use in a bus comprises a frame and a seat back secured to a portion of the frame. The bus seat further comprises a seat cushion secured to another portion of the frame. The bus seat also comprises a removable two piece cover arranged over the seat back, wherein the cover pieces are secured to one another with a zipper. The zippered two piece seat back cover allows for easy installation, removal or replacement of any damaged or worn portions of the seat back trim cover.

Abstract: The sewing attachment of a jacket front panel zipper in which the edges of the zipper side tapes are folded into inwardly facing C shapes and the left and right jacket front panel edges into outwardly facing C shapes, and these inwardly and outwardly facing C shapes are interfolded with each other and held in this relationship by the zipper attaching seams, with the result that the cut edges of the sewn together components are hidden within the folding from view to thereby enhance the appearance of jacket.

Abstract: A jig for holding an accessory having at least two sets of thread holes while being stitched on a sewing machine includes an attachment plate attachable to the sewing machine in predetermined relationship with respect to the needle of the sewing machine and includes a sliding bar held in slidable relationship with the attachment plate. Also included is a first location-determining device to secure the sliding bar in at least two predetermined positions, a holding device attached to, and extending from, the sliding bar to a location below the needle of the sewing machine, permitting the alignment of at least two sets of thread holes on the accessory with the needle of the sewing machine when the sliding bar is moved to a desired location, and an alignment system having a guide template affixed to the holding device. An indicator arm is affixed to the attachment plate which is aligned with a desired location on the guide template in order to indicate alignment of the needle of the sewing machine.

Abstract: A jig for holding an accessory to be stitched to fabric relative to the needle of a sewing machine comprises a first captive sliding bar and an accessory holder attached to the sliding bar. There are at least two stop positions located, as by detents, on the first sliding bar which correspond in spacing to the spacing in one direction to two sets of thread holes in the accessory. The jig may include a second sliding bar between the first sliding bar and the accessory holder to furnish movement transverse to that of the first sliding bar and stop positions related to the positions in a transverse direction of thread holes in the accessory. Different accessory holders may attach to the end of the sliding bar to hold different accessories, such as skirt hooks or eyes.

Abstract: In order to facilitate the stitching of a finding such as a hook or an eye with two or three spaced-apart locations to an underlying fabric, an attachment for a sewing machine with a transversely oscillating needle or work table has a base on which a cross-slide assembly is mounted for supporting a retaining device movable in two mutually orthogonal directions under the control of a handle and a guide member displaceable along a part-circular track. The retaining device has a pointed stud engageable with the fabric and a gripper or clamping jaw adapted to hold the finding which, together with the fabric, is thus displaceable by the handle into any of three different positions relative to a stitching station aligned with the sewing machine.

Abstract: A slide fastener guide assembly is disclosed for aligning a workpiece, a slide fastener and a strip of backing material as they are fed into a sewing machine. The assembly includes a base with an attached guide member having fingers that bear against the mounting tapes and align the slide fastener by laterally engaging the coupling elements. To allow a slidered fastener to pass through the assembly, the guide member is sufficiently flexible that the fingers may be displaced upward by a slider passing thereunder.

Abstract: Sewing machine attachment comprises a substantially horizontally extending positioning member having an open cavity therein, at least a portion of the cavity walls defining a seat for a magnetizable accessory and magnetic means within the positioning member for producing a magnetic flux which extends from the seat through the opening to the cavity for attracting the accessory. At least a portion of one wall of the cavity, preferably the bottom wall, is removably mounted on the positioning member.

Abstract: An apparatus which aligns, preliminarily clamps, clamps and then sews hook or eye tape portions to a brassiere, in combination with a computer controlled sewing machine.

Abstract: A multiple-needle sewing machine has a presser foot and first and second feed dogs for an upper and a lower layer of the carrier material into a slit of which this slide fastener is to be sewn. An arm is mounted on the sewing machine and can pivot in a horizontal plane between a position in which the material and the slide fastener are placed onto the arm and maintained in a predetermined relationship relative to one another, and a second position in which the material and the slide fastener are supplied, while still being maintained in this predetermined relative position, to the feed dogs which engage the material and advance it as the sewing machine sews the slide fastener to the material.