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According to material I have, Marx bought the metal fork-tilt patent from an inventor before WWII; then in the early fifties improved it by forming it from plastic.  This was better in at least 2 ways:  As mentioned, the tab-and-slot could then be coupled to it, and it coupled more smoothly than the metal one, as it was not prone to bending out of alignment.  The tongue will snap though, if hit just right and hard enough. 

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