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William H. Satterfield, "Hand-held Tufting Mending Gun" (US5090341A)

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Made by: William H. Satterfield
Date: filed 18 Sep 1990, granted 25 Feb 1992
Held by: Spencer Wright Industries (assignee)
Collection: TTW Script Bank fact-check notes (Claude research, Aug 2026)
Number: US5090341A
Themes: Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Tools & equipment

View at the source Cited in chapter 9, note 30 Cited in chapter 11, note 46

Cite this source

William H. Satterfield, “Hand-held Tufting Mending Gun” (US5090341A), filed 18 Sep 1990, granted 25 Feb 1992; assigned to Spencer Wright Industries. patents.google.com/patent/US5090341A/en.

Research notes

Dalton, Georgia. Its prior-art list cites US2753820, US2837045, US2879731, US2887076, US3142276, US3144844 and US3229653 (the pre-1970 hand guns), and the chain runs back through Shaycraft (1948) to Ross (1891). Patent research (Oct 2026): number, title, names and dates read from the USPTO scan.