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The

“

Cob Nob

”

is a registered trademark of Lilly Industries, Grand Rapids, Michigan

On January 23 1917, Wilson M. Brady was granted United States Patent Number

1,213,452 for his

―

Stopper-Extractor

‖

invention. His rather complicated design was

simplified in production - the

―

U-Neek

‖

. The

body is one cast piece. Three pins with heads

are secured by a retaining ring. The pins are

pushed individually into the cork. The handle

has a crown cap lifter added.

After picking an ear of corn from a boiling pot

and not having a pair of Donnelly's Corn Forks

on hand, one could fill the void by grasping the

ear with a couple of U-Neeks. It wasn't Brady's

intention but it should work!