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On this day in 1881, Nelson B. Slayton was granted U.S. Patent No. 239,068 for a POCKET CUTLERY.
This invention relates to a combined knife and fork, the fork and its handle being adapted to fit into a pocket in the knife-handle. The handles of the knife and fork are made by folding a sheet-metal plate back and forth in such a way as to form pockets for the blades, which open alternately at the back and front of the handle. This method of making the handle forms no part of this present invention.
The present invention consists partly in the combination and arrangement of the fork with the knife and partly in the construction of the handle, so as to serve as a spring on the blade, whereby the employment of a back-spring is rendered unnecessary,
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