US Patent: 349,741 
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| Combined Button Hook and Corkscrew
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	        Patentees:
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 | Louis E. Prahar (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY |  
| Charles S. Shepard (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  
| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jan. 25, 1886 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 28, 1886 | 
 
 
 
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Louis E. Prahar and Charles S. Shepard patent Sept. 28, 1886  |  
 
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        Description: |  
| Two late 19th Century household essentials combined.  The patent describes alternate connecting modes, and a guard for the corkscrew tip. |  
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