US Patent: 596,096 - Pocket Knife


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US Patent: 596,096

Pocket Knife

Patentee:

John Robert Watts (exact or similar names) - Sheffield, England

USPTO Classifications:

30/152, 7/118, 7/132

Tool Categories:

combination tools

pliers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Philip C. Masi

G. W. Johnson

Isaac Beck

Charles Henry Bedford

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 28, 1897
Granted:	Dec. 28, 1897

Patent Pictures:

John Robert Watts patent December 28, 1897

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Description:

The patented features are the pliers and tire spoon; the knife could also include traditional blades, corkscrew, etc. The "blade" forming the handle of the pliers has a notch for engagement with a sliding latch when not in use. The tool was conceived as being useful for cyclists.