A History of Tufted Rugs

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"Tufting gun" in print: patents of 1964 and 1968

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Date
1964–1968
Themes
Hand-tufting tools & the gun

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“‘Tufting gun’ in print: patents of 1964 and 1968.” Research note.

Research notes

The phrase "tufting gun" appears in Schauer's US3142276 (filed 1962, granted 1964), which also says hand guns "have been used for some time", and "handheld tufting gun" in Mueller's US3389667 (Bigelow-Sanford, 1968). "Tufting tool" as an exact phrase was not found before 1970.