Safety-Pocket (open access)

Safety-Pocket

Patent for a particular pocket and its attachments that allows access by the owner but prevents objects held within from falling out or easily removed by another person.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: McCauley, Walter John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropper. (open access)

Seed-Dropper.

Patent for a seed dropper that is used to drop peas or other seeds between hills of corn. This tool is very light and can be handled with one hand.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Hefner, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History