Eversharp

Charles Rood Keeran, a native of Bloomington, Illinois, had worked for the Bloomington Pickle Co. in his 20s. Around 1911 he partnered with J.F. Funk to manufacture White Crown Mason jar lids, though his attention soon turned to mechanical pencils. Keeran's earliest patent on a pencil dates to October 10, 1913. He was granted US patent 1,130,741 on March 9, 1915. Beginning in 2004, Syd Saperstein in the United States and Emmanuel Caltagirone in Italy attempted to revive the "Wahl-Eversharp" brand, working independently at first, then joining efforts. In 2012, they secured abandonments of the original "Wahl" and "Eversharp" trademarks and filed new trademarks for a new venture, reviving the brand name as the "Wahl-Eversharp Company", a wholly owned subsidiary of Pensbury Manor LLC, an Arizona corporation. == Patents ==

• New and useful Improvements in Lead-Pencils and #1151016, and #1153115 == References ==