"Once again, someone has build a better mousetrap, and obtained a patent (U.S. # 6,739,086) for it, this coming on the heels of his earlier (U.S. #5720126) mousetrap patent. This time the someone is Keith Lamb of Gruver, Texas. Details — including an engineering diagram and a photograph of the device, are reported by the November 21, 2003 issue of The Amarillo Globe News:
Mousetrap requests overwhelm Gruver man
By GREG CUNNINGHAM
The Amarillo Globe-NewsGRUVER – Maybe the world is going to beat a path to Keith Lamb’s door after all.
The 80-year old Gruver inventor and retired farmer has been inundated with phone calls since an article in Tuesday’s Amarillo Globe-News informed the area about his new, improved mousetrap.
"Boy, I’ll tell you what," Lamb said. "This has been a big shock to me. I’ve probably got 50 phone calls and probably sold another 30 traps, just like that."
Lamb said he got calls from as far away as Dallas and Austin asking about his new mousetrap….