Kearns claimed that the inspiration for his invention stems from an incident on his wedding night in 1953, when an errant champagne cork shot into his left eye, leaving him legally blind in that eye.
卡恩斯声称，他的发明灵感来源于1953年新婚之夜的一次意外事件，当时一个香槟软木塞射入了他的左眼，使他那个眼睛失明。