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Bed Stay.
Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design "consist[s] of wires doubled at their center parts and twisted . . . to form loops . . . and diverged from said twisted parts and attached to the corner portions of the bedstead, and a tension and locking device consisting of a straining-lever fulcrumed to one of the loops and adapted to lock thereon and engaging the other loop" (lines 90-97).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Bethea, Cade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay.
Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Bethea, Cade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton compressor
Patent for cotton compressor using platens, bearings, pulleys, levels, rods and shafts.
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History