See also the inventor's patent 2,902,067, which provides a connection to Oakley Products Co. of St. Louis.From the 1954-02-01 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Funeral services for Richard O. Oakley, president of the Oakley Products Co., 7017 Manchester avenue, will be Wednesday... Mr. Oakley, 68 years old, died of cancer Saturday at his home... Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Leonora Carey Oakley, a son, Richard C. Oakley..."