Corkscrews
1000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle
Fred O’Leary
2009 Update
New discoveries since original publication
Confirmed Patents
38,147
Charles Chinnock
April 14, 1863
Corkscrew
DRAKE MFG. CO…(obscure) 63
6.2” closed; 6.6”open
Reference: Page 34, 179
40,674
Charles Chinnock
November 24, 1863
Corkscrew
CHINNOCK’S PAT.NOV.24.1863
3.1” closed
Reference: Page 179
42,784
J.L. Morrill
May 17, 1864
Cork Extractor
8.2”
Reference: Page 179
121,201
James Sargent & Lyman F. Munger
November 21, 1871
Bottle Faucet
4.0” closed; 5.9” open
Reference: Page 184
SCReWcode: ZPw290
160,969
O.W. Taft
March 16, 1875
Handle For Cutlery
11.2”
Reference: Page 185
SCReWcode: CKl110
New Patent (Table I)
See also 161,295
172,104
(Unconfirmed)
W. Engelsdorff
January 11, 1876
Cork-Screw
5.0”
Reference: Page 186
Note: Although
technically conforming
to the U.S. patent, this
could be an unmarked
French Mestre patent
(1874)
209,599
C.A. Babcock
November 5, 1878
Combination Implement
7.5”
Reference: Page 188
219,313
B.N. Shelley
September 2, 1879
Combination Tool
LADYIES FRIEND PAT APLd FOR
7.7”
Reference: Page 189
230,877
J. Kossuth
August 10, 1880
Corkscrew
H & B MFG. CO.
5.2”
Reference: Page 189
277,442
W. Bennit
May 15, 1883
Corkscrew
Left: PAT.MAY 15th 1883; 5.1”.
Right: MAGIC CORK SCREW. PAT. MAY.15 – 83; 5.0”
Reference: Page 65, 192
SCreWcode: SNc010 and 011
282,712
J.S. Fray
August 7, 1883
Tool Handle
J.S. & J. FRAY’S PAT. BRIDGEPORT, CT. U.S.A.
5.8” closed
New Patent (Table I)
280,697
J.W. White
July 3, 1883
Lever Corkscrew
Left: PAT JULY 3 83
Right: PAT.7.3.83 Same as left, except
for thinner casting of bottle collar and condensed
marking along ridge of lever arm (see detail).
Both 9.0” measured top to bottom as