Bridle. (open access)

Bridle.

Patent for "improved means for detachably connecting blinds to bridles, whereby the bridle may be used with or without the blinds," and also "to provide a combined double box-loop and blind." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Mayes, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Dust-Pan. (open access)

Convertible Dust-Pan.

Patent for a convertible dust pan, which does not require stooping over to sweep up dirt into the pan and can also be used as a shovel.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Epperson, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Oven. (open access)

Portable Oven.

Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date: July 12, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Clark, Alexander E.
System: The Portal to Texas History