Portable sewing machine with accessories

Claim 1

In a portable domestic machine provided with detachable accessories for use therewith during operation of the machine and a case encompassing the machine when not in use, a machine body having a base plate, a vertical post at one end of the base plate, an upper arm and a lower arm extending horizontally from the post over the base plate and a sewing head carried by the upper arm, said body having outer surfaces defining flat and parallel front, rear and end walls, a first space provided between the base plate and the lower arm and a second space between the lower arm and the upper arm, said first and second spaces extending between the front and rear walls of the body, the base plate, the upper and lower arms and the post facing the spaces being flat and constituting support surfaces, a box for machine appurtenances, said box having outer walls provided with surfaces complemental to the support surfaces of the first space and engagable with the support surfaces when the box is positioned therein to formly hold said box in position in the first space within the confines of the body when the machine is not is use and a foot control device having external surfaces complemental to the support surfaces of the second space and engagable with the support surfaces when the foot control device is positioned in the second space to firmly hold the foot control device in position in the second space within the confines of the body when the machine is not in use.