Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for changes in the construction of a cultivator.
Date: May 23, 1871
Creator: Walker, Leander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Drier and Warmer. (open access)

Bed Drier and Warmer.

Patent for a new and improved bed drier and warmer. This design "includes, primarily, a suitable frame of essentially elliptical form, whose ends allow of the said frame being readily slipped in between the bed and bedding or between two articles of bedding, and in connection with said frame a suitable fire-pot of portable construction" (lines 23-29).
Date: May 14, 1889
Creator: Fossati, Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle that once filled, it does not allow anything else to be added to the bottle.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Burke, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Morris, Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ladder. (open access)

Ladder.

Patent for a ladder that will allow its prop legs to be slided longitudinally of the main ladder legs to form an extension ladder.
Date: May 23, 1912
Creator: Vierheller, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History