Resource Type

States

Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for an "improved truss or abdominal belt" (lines 40-41) that provides a simple design with added pads.
Date: April 7, 1920
Creator: Buckley, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive. (open access)

Locomotive.

Patent for a new and improved locomotive. This design "relates to a locomotive running-gear and motive-power connection; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts" (lines 15-18).
Date: February 7, 1882
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coup (open access)

Folding Coup

Patent for "a folding coop or crate, which may be readily folded into a compact form for transportation or storage when empty, and which may be conveniently adjusted to open position for use and secured in such position when so desired" (lines 7-12).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History