Posted 20 days ago
spacemissing
(24 items)
This is a promotional item from the 1935 - 1936
"America's Exposition" in San Diego.
I bought it at a watch and clock mart
that was held in Arroyo Grande, CA.
I was born in San Diego,
so it has some personal meaning to me
--- but it's a lot older than I am!
A key placed in it will swing out for use when the thumb button
is moved from one extreme of its travel to the other.
spacemissing, Cool. :-)
Not sure why I couldn't find a patent listing for what looks to me like "92800."
However, I found a near twin with another patent number on it:
*snip*
Keymatic Solid Nickel Silver Dual Key Slide Key Holder Tool
*snip*
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114123000876
Here's the Google Patent listing for US206286(A):
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2006286A/en