The competing (?) claims of the Fuller and Bullard patents are reproduced below: |
B&D-154 Price: SOLD There are no maker's marks visible because of corrosion, but the Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents (DATAMP) lists this brace's maker as the Fuller Brace Company of New York. It nearly takes three hands to operate, but its grip is quite secure. In spite of the corrosion and pitting, the handles are in good shape and the functionality is OK, too. Sandy Moss has a Fuller Mfg. Co. brace that is marked with the patent date of Hiram Fuller's U.S. Patent No. 320,868 (below, left) but the jaws are clearly those of William Bullard's U.S. Patent No. 347,417 (below, right) which are of utterly different shape than the Fuller patent's jaws.
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