Although some say he just modified things enough to get around the Baker patents to avoid future payments.ĭuring his time at the shotgun factory Brown Brown was one of the most prolific inventors of his time, having received patents for automotive transmissions, the pneumatic tire, a telephone switchboard and other important items.īrown redesigned the Baker shotgun, making it a new gun altogether. Smith purchased the Baker shares and brought in his younger brother Wilbert. This new venture would become known as the Ithaca Gun Baker Company as a lathe operator.īaker and Leroy Smith left the company to start another venture in
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