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John Sheridan's Patent

From

Popular Science

, January, 1918

John Sheridan applied for a patent for his unusual cork pulling invention on August 8,

1916. U. S. Patent 1,240,610 was granted September 18, 1917. In 1966, his patent was the

only patent cited in Palace J. Neely's U. S. Patent No. 3,405,963 for a

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Fish-Holding

Tool

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having a similar design.

Neely’s Patent Drawing