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Bed Rail Fastener

Description: Patent for a bed rail fastener. "The purpose of this invention is to provide novel features of construction for a bed rail fastener, which afford a very secure connection of the ends of the side rails of a metal bedstead with the head and foot posts of the bed." (lines 9-14). Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Berry, Thomas O.

Bicycle Attachment.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved bicycle attachment arranged to serve as a foot-rest for the feet of the rider while coasting and adapted to be lowered to support the bicycle in a vertical position when not in use and to securely lock the wheel and support together to prevent the machine from being stolen" (lines 7-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Zintgraff, August

Coat-Adjuster.

Description: Patent for a machine that holds a coat for a person and puts it on that person, thus avoiding the need to personally put on a coat. Pivoted arms hold on to the coat and clamps are connected to the arms which hold on to the coat.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Spoon, William L.

Billiard Table Leveler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved billiard-table leveler. This design consists in "the vertical case having the closed bottom, the open upper end, and provided with the removable plate, the vertical guide-rods extending through openings in the plate, the follower in the upper end of the case and having openings to receive the guide-rods, and provided with an interiorly-threaded opening, the vertical shaft having its lower end stepped in the bottom of the case and journaled in the plate, the said sh… more
Date: May 11, 1886
Creator: Himes, Frank

Mailing-Box.

Description: Patent for a mailing box with curves and grooves to fit the cover and securing string with illustrations and assembly instructions.
Date: May 11, 1880
Creator: Sabin, Chauncey Brewer

Crude-Oil Burner.

Description: Patent for an improvement on a crude oil burner that can adapt to various grades of crude oil as well as providing intense heat to various sizes of boilers.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for treating soil for agricultural purposes. This invention destroys the ridges used for planting and growing cotton and also cultivating the soil in the vicinity of the ridges.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Kriel, John J.

Two Wheeled Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle. This design "is to provide a vehicle in which a person can ride over rough ground without serious inconvenience or discomfort incident to travel over such roads. . . . [and] to so construct a gig that a person can get into the same without serious inconvenience, and to this end it is made low, the rear of the shafts being extended in line with the axle and the step secured to the shaft and extending somewhat below it. . . . [and] to provide a gig with spri… more
Date: May 11, 1886
Creator: Buckel, Charles

Threshold

Description: Patent for an improved threshold to fit the bottom of a door more properly to "prevent the entrance of dust, wind, and rain" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Krause, Ernest

Medicine Case.

Description: Patent for a new and improved medicine case. This design is "to provide a series of receptacles for the medicine to be taken or administered, said receptacles being of different colors, to avoid mistakes or errors in the distributions of the medicines; to provide means for accurately indicating the medicine to be taken; to indicate the time which said medicine shall be taken; to provide means for holding a spoon or other article within the cases for taking the medicine when in a liquid or powde… more
Date: May 11, 1886
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
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