Couch-Bed. (open access)

Couch-Bed.

Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Hunter, Emily
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Preston, Leonidas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Carnes, William J., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock. (open access)

Plow Stock.

Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design "has for its object to provide an implement of peculiar novel construction, whereby the different forms of plowshares, shovels, or other cultivating implements or combinations of different cultivating instrumentalities may be varied, interchanged, and adjusted at will to suit the character of the soil, the nature of the crop, or the requirements of the occasion" (lines 8-16).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Brooks, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History