AHC: More Widespread use of Robertson Screw

[Ming777]

The Robertson Screw was patented in Canada in 1908, and have proven to be helpful in cutting down production times in manufacturing and reducing damage in products. However, patent issues led to the inventor limiting the licensing of the design.

The challenge is to have the Robertson Screw become adopted in many nations akin to the Phillips screw. What might be the impact of this?

 

[1940LaSalle]

First: getting it to happen is relatively easy--that is, IF you could somehow convince that notoriously stubborn, obdurate hardhead Henry Ford to opt for Robertson screws rather than Philips screws when he re-tooled to product the model A beginning in 1928. That choice made the Philips screw as ubiquitous as it is today: the thrust was to have a screw that could be torqued quickly and reliably; he chose Philips instead of Robertson.

For starters, today you'd see a different series of tools in hardware stores and whatnot with square (as opposed to cross-shaped) tips. And thereafter, substitute "Robertson" for "Philips" and you pretty much have the situation.