US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on April 8 for "Pressing device supporting presser foot and sewing machine provided with the pressing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,136, issued on April 8, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Pressing device supporting presser foot and sewing machine provided with the pressing device" was invented by Hiroki Mori (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pressing device, a first member is movable in an up-down direction along with a presser bar of a sewing machine in a mounted state in which the pressing device is mounted on the presser bar. A second member supports a presser foot. The presser bar applies, through the second member, a presser force to the presser foot downward in the mounted state. A third member is disposed between the fir...