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James H. Shay, "Hooked Rug Machine" (US2442906A)

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Made by: James H. Shay
Date: filed 11 Jun 1946, granted 8 Jun 1948
Place: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Held by: Shaycraft Inc. (assignee)
Collection: TTW Script Bank fact-check notes (Claude research, Aug 2026)
Number: US2442906A
Themes: Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Tools & equipment

View at the source Cited in chapter 9, note 20

Cite this source

James H. Shay, “Hooked Rug Machine” (US2442906A), filed 11 Jun 1946, granted 8 Jun 1948; assigned to Shaycraft Inc. patents.google.com/patent/US2442906A/en.

Research notes

Compressed-air pistons drive a hand rug tool; cites Ross 463,548 (1891), linking the 19th-century hand tool to powered guns. Patent research (Oct 2026): number, title, names and dates read from the USPTO scan.