Vehicle-Wheel. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Vehicle-Wheel.
  • Added Title Vehicle Wheel.

Creator

  • Inventor: Downing, Otto P.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Otto P. Downing, of Pecos, Texas, Assignor to Downing Pneumatic Wheel Company, A Corporation of Arizona. ; O. P. Downing.

Contributor

  • Assignee: Downing Pneumatic Wheel Company
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Watson, Martin W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: McKnight, C. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1916-02-29
  • Acceptance Date: 1916-02-29
  • Submission Date: 1911-12-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for improvements in vehicle tires consisting of a solid tire made out of rubber, but which also has the same elasticity as a pneumatic tire and includes instructions and illustrations. The main goal of this tire is to act as a shock absorber to prevent serious injury from happening to the driver in a vehicle.
  • Physical Description: 2 sheets, 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Automobiles -- Tires.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles
  • Keyword: automobiles
  • Keyword: rubber tires

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Reeves County - Pecos

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1173490
  • Government Documents No.: 02/663845
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth858170

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed December 4, 1911. Serial No. 663,845."
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