Hame-Hook. (open access)

Hame-Hook.

Patent for a strong, simple, and durable hame and trace attachment that can be easily detached and reattached without tools.
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Rosson, Alpine B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment. (open access)

Harness Attachment.

Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Measure and Funnel. (open access)

Combined Measure and Funnel.

Patent for "a combined measure and funnel, the same being especially designed for dealing out molasses" (lines 13-15), including illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
System: The Portal to Texas History