THE MARK CONSISTS OF THE TEXT TRADE WEISS MARK, LOCK & KEY. UNDERNEATH IS DISPLAYED NOTHING ESCAPES OUR QUALITY, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 1874. BENEATH THIS IS PRECISION IN MANUFACTURING: PERFORMS WITHOUT FAIL. BENEATH THE TITLE TEXT, IS A SYMBOL FOR WEISS, LOCK & KEY THAT CONSISTS OF THREE LETTERS: W, L AND K. BENEATH THIS IS AN IMAGE OF A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS. THE NAME WEISS AND THE DESIGN IS INSPIRED BY MAGICIAN HARRY HOUDINI, WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ERIK WEISS.