Privy Seat. (open access)

Privy Seat.

Patent for a privy or toilet seat that is cheaper to manufacture and can be applied without extra tools.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Smith, Bertram C. & Stevenson, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Shirt. (open access)

Sleeping-Shirt.

Patent for a sleeping shirt designed to secure infants to the bed by removable shoulder flaps.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Johnson, Ira A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine (open access)

Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine

Patent for eccentric cylinder rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Stanford, George W. & Smith, Louie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Slates. (open access)

Frame For Slates.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for slates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Mitchell, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abdominal Support (open access)

Abdominal Support

Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Towns, Minnie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check (open access)

Door-Check

Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Scarborough, William Daily
System: The Portal to Texas History