A needle in my haystack (Maverick)?

[SteveG]

23 EB Lariat, 9,800 miles. I pulled the floormats out of my rear seat area for the first time since taking possession of it. While vacuuming I got stuck by what turned out to be the tip of a needle that was imbedded in the carpet. In the pictures you have to enlarge the image to see the needle sticking out of the rug right in front of the center of the nose of the pliers. It is sticking out about 1/8 of an inch. I pulled it out easily and found that it was just the tip of a needle and about 5/16 to 3/8's inches long. Only two people and a dog have been in the rear seat area and none of them were using a needle for any purpose. Plus the needle was under the factory/dealer installed floor mats. It had to be stuck in the carpet in the factory or at the dealership. It is a tiny needle tip, made for very light sewing. I can't figure out what they would have been sewing that required such a small needle. Any ideas?

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[Blue_Max]

Could it have broken off the machine that makes the carpeted floor mat?

 

[MetalsGeek]

As Tom Cruise's "Maverick" said in TG2, "It's one of life's great mysteries."
Reminds me of the fencing staple I found in my salad years ago.

 

[The-X]

Yea looks like some industrial-use type thing like a staple or something. It might not even be the type used to assemble any of the vehicles parts like liners/carpet but just packaging at the assembly line.

 

[dpequip]

As someone who has worked in the textile industry. That is a broken off needle from the needle punch loom which makes the carpet. The carpet is needle punched as part of the carpet manufacturing process.

 

[Blue_Max]

As someone who has worked in the textile industry. That is a broken off needle from the needle punch loom which makes the carpet. The carpet is needle punched as part of the carpet manufacturing process.

Ha! I nailed it. (Or needled it, as the case may be.)

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