Pick Guns: Lock Picking for Spies, Cops, and Locksmiths by Minnery John

Author:Minnery, John [Minnery, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Itzy, Kickass.to
ISBN: 9780873645102
Publisher: Paladin Press
Published: 1989-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Detail of the Flare Gun pick’s thumb trigger and doubled spring.

My local association, the Ontario Locksmiths, had their convention in the fall and I approached the H.P.C. reps (Hardware Products Corporation, a major supplier of locksmithing equipment) at their booth during the trade show. They were quite interested in the tool and took my name and a sample and promised to get back to me.

I heard nothing from them, but was later quite surprised to see an ad from H.P.C. showing my gun! It listed its features and included the closing notice: patent pending. I was nonplused and contacted them immediately. I spoke with their president, who remembered me from the show. He said he had lost my address and that I would be entitled to royalties based on sales of the Spring Pick Gun. I was mollified by this offer, but the story does demonstrate that the road to locksmith tool design and merchandising is a rocky one. If H.P.C. had wanted to, they could have cut me off completely. If nothing else, a confidential disclosure statement should have been signed and patent protection for the design secured. Let this experience be a lesson to all would-be inventors out there!

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