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Child's Crib. (open access)

Child's Crib.

Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mouse Trap (open access)

Mouse Trap

Patent for a mouse trap. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Ray, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for a metal fence post, which can have many wires and rails attached to it.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Miller, Daniel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History