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corkscrew); Patent No. 2,524,595 of October 3, 1950 issued to H. E. Jacobsen for a

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Corkscrew with Pivoted Lateral Protection'; and Patent No. 2,717,526 issued

September 13, 1955 to W. J. Cronin for a

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Closure Opener with Slidably Adjustable

Gripper

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(with corkscrew).

O'Brien was the attorney of record for many other patents but perhaps his most notable

one is number 3,815,156 issued June 11, 1974 to Albert C. Gaither of Newton, North

Carolina and assigned to the Ridgeview Hosiery Mill Company: