Gilhoolie

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The Gilhoolie is a kitchen appliance that opens jars and bottles. It was invented by Dr. Charles W. Fuller, a retired dentist from Yonkers, New York.

The Gilhoolie debuted in 1953.Mechanix Illustrated, This Month's Prize Gadget: Gilhoolie Jar Opener, 1953, 81. Fuller applied for a United States patent on the Gilhoolie, identified as a "cam operated sliding jaw closure remover", in 1952, and the patent was granted in 1954.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dld58/652/gilhoolie.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512001314/http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dld58/652/gilhoolie.html|archivedate=2016-05-12|accessdate=2019-02-16|work= Kitchets|title=The Gilhoolie}}{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2669142A/en|accessdate=2019-02-16|work=Google Patents|date=1954-02-16|title=US Patent 2,669,142}} Although Fuller held more than a dozen patents in the fields of dentistry and golf, the Gilhoolie patent was his only patent for a kitchen device.{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Clarence+W+Fuller&num=25|work=Google Patents|accessdate=2019-02-16|title=Inventor: Charles W. Fuller}}

For several years, the Gilhoolie was sold through mail order by the Riswell Company of Cos Cob, Greenwich, Connecticut.{{Cite news|magazine=Billboard|date=1959-05-25|page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uB4EAAAAMBAJ|title=Opener}}