US Patent 4,130,142, granted December 19, 1978 to Mayo B. Tell and assigned to Dayco Corporation, covers an improved loop picker for shuttle looms. The picker is built from a face block and laminated fabric layers around a picker stick passage, with the face block and/or laminated layers made of triaxial fabric (nylon, polyester or aramid) for a longer service life. The scan includes a USPTO web printout of the full text and the original patent pages with claims, background, description and two sheets of drawings.