A single tow point box kite is presented that includes a single piece fabric canopy having a pair of sails connected via sleeves. The pair of sails are maintained in a drum-tight fashion to form a quadrangular configuration via a demountable frame that includes a plurality of spars projecting between the sails and through respective sleeves, with respective opposite extremities of the spars received in respective pockets of the fabric canopy, and struts projecting between pairs of spars. Sides of the quadrangular configuration are thus joined at corners defined by interaction of each of the plurality of spars of the demountable frame with respective pockets and sleeves of the canopy. Also presented is a method for making the box kite canopy, including selecting first and second sails, defining lines of respective corners of the sails, forming fabric pockets along the lines of the respective corners at edge regions of the respective sails, making fabric loops, connecting the fabric loops to the respective sails along the lines of the respective corners at edge regions of the respective sails opposite the pockets, forming fabric sleeves to extend between the sails and sized to receive respective spars, and connecting the fabric sleeves to the sleeves via respective fabric loops.

A single tow point box kite is presented that includes a single piece fabric canopy having a pair of sails connected via sleeves. The pair of sails are maintained in a drum-tight fashion to form a quadrangular configuration via a demountable frame that includes a plurality of spars projecting between the sails and through respective sleeves, with respective opposite extremities of the spars received in respective pockets of the fabric canopy, and struts projecting between pairs of spars. Sides of the quadrangular configuration are thus joined at corners defined by interaction of each of the plurality of spars of the demountable frame with respective pockets and sleeves of the canopy. Also presented is a method for making the box kite canopy, including selecting first and second sails, defining lines of respective corners of the sails, forming fabric pockets along the lines of the respective corners at edge regions of the respective sails, making fabric loops, connecting the fabric loops to the respective sails along the lines of the respective corners at edge regions of the respective sails opposite the pockets, forming fabric sleeves to extend between the sails and sized to receive respective spars, and connecting the fabric sleeves to the sleeves via respective fabric loops.

Methods for manufacturing or sewing a prosthetic heart valve and associated systems can include an assistance system that includes an automated fixture that can comprise an articulation arm and a target device holder. The automated fixture can be configured to rotate a target device held by the holder. The assistance system can include a camera system configured to generate an enlarged image of the target device, and a display configured to display the enlarged image. The display can also display information to aid an operator in performing a procedure, for example, instructions, reference images, or a visual indicator to indicate a target position on the target device for performing a step of the procedure.

A mechanism and the method for reversing a tubular textile, such as sock, is performed when the plaiting process is finished and removed from the needles of the knitting machine for open-end closure.

Provided is a sewing machine including: a cylinder unit 3 configured to support two materials Fi and Fo having annular edges by being inserted therethrough while they are stacked, with one being located on the inner wheel side and the other being located on the outer wheel side; a stitch plate 12 configured to support the material Fi on the inner wheel side supported by the cylinder unit 3 by abutting it from below; a material presser 13 configured to press the material Fo on the outer wheel side supported by the cylinder unit 3 above the stitch plate 12; and a material sandwiching unit 41 provided on the near side of the stitch plate 12 and the material presser 13 and configured to sandwich, from above and below, the two materials Fi and Fo stacked, with the material Fi on the inner wheel side being located on the lower side and the material Fo on the outer wheel side being located on the upper side.

The present invention provides a technology that enables both a region that is arranged flat and a region that is arranged flexed on a wire harness to be easily accommodated using a single sheathing member. The wire harness includes a sheathing member that is formed in a sheet shape, at least one electric wire that is arranged on a first principal surface side of the sheathing member, and a sewing thread that sews the electric wire to the sheathing member. A partial region of the sheathing member that is arranged along an extension direction of the electric wire is in a flat state, while another at least partial region of the sheathing member that is arranged along the extension direction of the electric wire is curved in a direction intersecting with the extension direction of the electric wire.

A seat heater includes a substrate. A formed heating wire is disposed on the substrate. A sewing thread attaches the formed heating wire to the substrate. A method of fabricating the seat heater includes forming a straight heating wire into a formed heating wire having miniature wave shape, feeding the formed heating wire onto a substrate, and attaching the formed heating wire onto the substrate by sewing a thread.

A seat heater includes a substrate. A formed heating wire is disposed on the substrate. A sewing thread attaches the formed heating wire to the substrate. A method of fabricating the seat heater includes forming a straight heating wire into a formed heating wire having miniature wave shape, feeding the formed heating wire onto a substrate, and attaching the formed heating wire onto the substrate by sewing a thread.

A system that can be used for suturing implants includes a first automated fixture that can comprise an articulation arm and a target device holder and a second automated fixture configured to operate as a sewing machine to sew material onto the implant. The second automated fixture uses a curved needle to form a stitch without having to release the needle in the process. The second automated fixture can also include a stitch looper that moves in coordination with the curved needle to perform a single-suture or single-thread stitch.

An automated system that can be used for prosthetic heart valve manufacturing or suturing procedures. The system can include a first automated fixture that includes an articulating arm and a target device holder. The system can also include one or more additional automated fixtures, which can be configured as one or more suturing arms that include another articulating arm and a needle holder. The first automated fixture can be configured to rotate a target device held by the holder to allow the one or more additional automated fixtures to perform operations such as form sutures on the target device without intervention of a human operator. The system can include a display system configured to display status information of a suturing procedure.