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prevented while in said position from contact with the clothes of the user by means of a

projection (which forms) part of the body.

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Also includes a cigar cutter and a receptacle

for toothpicks.

U. S. Patent No. 666,720 issued January 29,

1901 to Robert P. Wetmore of Washington,

D. C. for a

Combined Match Box and Tool

Holder

. Wetmore designed his match-box

much like the roundlet tool kits holding

various implements. He writes

―

a holder for

a tool - such, for instance, as a corkscrew -

which is held within the box when not in use

as to be prevented from being moved about

or rattling and which may be easily removed

from the box and inserted in a groove in the end of the box provided to receive and

hold the same rigidly.

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U. S. Patent No. 672,456 issued April 23,

1901 to Henry Paul and Frank Hilbig for a

Match Box

. They describe their box as

having a receptacle with a series of

compartments which can contain a

corkscrew, matches, or toothpicks and a

knife blade / cigar clipper.

U. S. Patent No. 762,180 of June 7, 1904

issued to Bartholomew Brooks of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a

Combined Match-Box, Cigar-Cutter and

Corkscrew

. Brooks claims

―

... a

corkscrew adapted to normally fit

within the tubular portion, said

enlargement adapted to fit tightly

within the tubular portion when the

corkscrew is at right angles to the box

with the shank extending through the slot, and a pin extending outward at right angles

to the corkscrew adapted to protrude through the slot when the corkscrew is in its

normal or inoperative position.

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