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Keith Lawrence went on a fishing trip to Canada with his father. He had bought a local coil-spring tool to hold open the mouth of a fish while removing the hook, but their fish-mouth spreader didn’t work very well. This would lead to the invention of the “OUT Tool” Fish Mouth Spreader.
Click here to read about the product Keith invented, the OUT Tool, an acronym for Open Up Tool.
New Product Development Center
Keith worked with the New Product Development Center at Oklahoma State University, a nonprofit, state-funded service that helps inventors navigate the invention process through education.
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Licensing of the OUT Tool
Keith Lawrence eventually licensed his OUT Tool to Alliance Sports Groups of Texas which has a fishing product line called Quarrow and is now distributed and marketed as Quarrow’s Fish Jaw Spreader and in Bass Pro Shops.
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I liked what I had learned and contacted Keith and we recorded Episode 59…Keith Lawrence and the “OUT Tool” Fish Mouth Spreader. Coming Soon…Episode 59…Keith Lawrence and the “OUT Tool” Fish Mouth Spreader on Invention Stories on YouTube
OUT Tool Links
NPDC Case Study: OUT Tool | New Product Development Center
https://npdc.okstate.edu/npdc-case-study-out-tool
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