Work table for open-arm sewing machine

Claim 1

A work table for open-arm sewing machines, comprising an elongate table top having a flat continuous upper surface throughout the extent thereof and adapted to receive an open-arm sewing machine intermediate its length and extending longitudinally therewith, said elongate table top defining a sewing-machine receiving area intermediate its length and extending longitudinally therewith; means for supporting said table top in a sewing-machine-use position; a second table top mounted on the first table top and having a receiving slot confronting the sewing-machine-receiving area of the first table top and extending longitudinally inwardly of such second table top, from one end thereof, for accommodating the open arm of a sewing machine when the latter is positioned on the first table top; means mounting the second table top over an end portion of the first top, so that, in open-arm work position, said second table top rests upon and in superimposed relationship with said first table top, with its upper surfAce above the upper surface of said first table top and increasing the effective length of the first table top, such mounting means providing for the raising of the second table top relative to and above the first table top to approximately the same level at which the working surface of the open-arm of the received sewing machine will be positioned, said mounting means also providing for return of the second table top to its rest position upon the first table top in the said open-arm work position.