US Patent Issued to TISM on April 22 for "Sewing machine and presser foot device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,422, issued on April 22, was assigned to TISM Co. LTD. (Kasugai, Japan).

"Sewing machine and presser foot device" was invented by Shinko Egami (Kasugai, Japan), Takahiro Yoshida (Kasugai, Japan) and Tatsuya Yamashita (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A presser foot device includes a pressing member and a guide member provided at the lower end of the pressing member. The guide member has an opening section provided to allow an upper thread to pass therethrough in a rotating direction of a rotary hook, and a restricting section provided to restrict movement of the upper thread in a direction opposite the rotating direction ...