Baby-Walker. (open access)

Baby-Walker.

Patent for improvements in baby-walkers by using the combination of a circular base, standards, a rim connecting the tops of the standards, a rotating plate having runners on its lower side engaged with the rim, a guide-flange, a rigid central shaft having a ratchet-wheel, and a pawl for engaging the ratchet. Illustration is included.
Date: April 28, 1891
Creator: Lawson, Henry William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Cord Plug (open access)

Switch Cord Plug

Patent for a switch cord plug that can be adapted to cords and used with telephone switchboards. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Smith, Eugene Lamar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Waist Adjuster. (open access)

Garment-Waist Adjuster.

Patent for improvements made to a garment-waist adjuster including specifications and illustrations. This patent describes improvements made to the device outlined in a previous patent associated with the same inventor, Albert K. Hurst.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Hurst, Albert K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle. (open access)

Riding-Saddle.

Patent for a ridding-saddle that is an improvement previously granted to Jesse D. Padgitt (No. 540,940). The improvements include increasing the strength to the flexible rear portion of the saddle. The first patent was for a saddle "distinguished by a tree or frame formed of a short rigid fork and a flexible body or rear portion, including a seat and cantle, constructed of leather or other suitable flexible material" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Padgitt, William C. & Padgitt, Jesse D.
System: The Portal to Texas History