US Patent: D42,445 - Pocket Bottle Opener


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US Patent: D42,445

Pocket Bottle Opener

Patentee:

Harry L. Vaughan (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL

USPTO Classifications:

81/3.55, D8/18

Tool Categories:

wrenches

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Crown Throat and Opener Co. - Chicago, IL

Vaughan Novelty Co. - Chicago, IL

Witnesses:

Dudley C. Vaughan

Alex. J. Wedderburn, Jr.

L. E. Boby

M. P. McKee

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Sep. 08, 1911
Granted:	Apr. 30, 1912

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 ]

Harry L. Vaughan design patent April 30, 1912

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Vaughan Novelty Co. History
Vaughan bottle openers (edited 1913 ad)

Description:

The handle looks like a capped bottle. The opener end has a carbide wrench. The design appears in 1911 and 1913 AMERICAN BOTTLER advertisements for VAUGHAN's UNIQUE / U-NEEK CROWN OPENERS from The Crown Throat and Opener Co. (Chicago). By 1915, the company was renamed Vaughan Novelty Co.