US Patent: 596,096 
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| Pocket Knife
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	        Patentee:
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 | John Robert Watts (exact or similar names) - Sheffield,  England |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Apr. 28, 1897 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Dec. 28, 1897 | 
 
 
 
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John Robert Watts patent December 28, 1897  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| The patented features are the pliers and tire spoon; the knife could also include traditional blades, corkscrew, etc. The "blade" forming the handle of the pliers has a notch for engagement with a sliding latch when not in use.  The tool was conceived as being useful for cyclists. |  
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