Ink Pad (open access)

Ink Pad

Patent for an ink pad. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Bessonet, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tooth Cleaning Implement (open access)

Tooth Cleaning Implement

Patent for a tooth cleaning implement. This invention is designed to get between the teeth. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Bessonet, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for a whirligig toy, containing a rotatable platform carrying horse and sleigh figurines that spin in the same direction.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushioned Tire (open access)

Cushioned Tire

Patent for a cushioned tire. This invention is for tires for vehicle-wheels " to obiate the collapsing of the tire by puncturing thereof, as in pneumatic tires" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History