Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,205,940 · App. 09/102,486
System and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine at a preset stop step in a carpet stitch pattern
Inventors:
William Neil Vaughan, Douglas L. Morgan
Patented Case
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Granted: Mar 27, 2001
Filed: Jun 22, 1998
Inventors
William Neil Vaughan
Douglas L. Morgan
Assignee (at issue)
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
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