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Wire Clothes-Pin

Description: Patent for an improvement in clothes pins where the pin is formed from one single piece of resilient wire.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Protector.

Description: Patent for a durable, sleeve-like knee protector which contours the knee for comfort and allows for easy application and removal. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: McCall, Dougald Bell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Protector.

Description: Patent for knee protectors that provide padding for the wearer when kneeling, attached by springs that allow for comfortable movement and easy donning.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Hooker, Rufus B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truss.

Description: 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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient knee-pad "made of leather or other pliable material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer" (lines 9-11). It prevents gravel, moisture, and other things from injuring the knee of the user.
Date: August 27, 1895
Creator: Dowling, Stonewall Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leg-Protector.

Description: Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date: June 23, 1896
Creator: Herbelin, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trousers-Guard

Description: Patent for a metal guard worn around the ankle. The guard maintains the shape of the trousers when worn and keeps the material from coming in contact with the wearer's legs.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Hardy, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Description: Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.

Description: Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1876
Creator: Arnold, Eliza M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machines.

Description: Patent for an improvement in washing machines. The shaping and components are meticulously detailed and indicate they play a part in the said improvement.
Date: January 20, 1874
Creator: Eberhardt, T. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watch

Description: Patent for a watch case that can have different size clock works put in it.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Friedman, Adolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watch Protector

Description: Patent for a watch casing that allows the watch face exposed. The protector can be clasped together and hung on a chain if desired.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Kaak, Georgine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watch-Pocket.

Description: Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Greenwald, Louis.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watchmaker's Tool.

Description: Patent for a watchmaking device that allows for the operator to hold the watch wheel in one hand "while the instrument is fastened upon the roller by the other" (lines 20-22). The invention also has a centering device and auxiliary appliances that make all movements by the extractor accurate and even. This device does not injure the staff or pivot.
Date: January 16, 1894
Creator: Bricker, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watchmaker's Tool.

Description: Patent for a watchmaker's tool that removes "the collet and hair spring of a watch from the balance wheel arbor, without injuring the hair spring of the watch and at the same time holding the balance wheel secure against accident or injury" (lines 10-14).
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Seyfriedt, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Clasp

Description: Patent for tie-clasp for men's neckties, which will hold the tie in place and prevent it from becoming loose or untied.
Date: October 13, 1913
Creator: Willingham, Charles F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measuring Device

Description: Patent for measurement device, specifically for the measurement of the hem of a garment. Includes two small affixments that act as placemarkers of the measured number, allowing for the measurement of the hem, as well as the distance from the floor.
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Davis, Margaret L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Purse.

Description: Patent for a small purse attached to the hand via a strap, including illustration of purse in use on hand.
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Urmston, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pad for Lower Limbs

Description: Patent for a new single pad for the lower limbs, particularly of "feminine theatrical performers" (lines 12-13). Unlike previous pads which represented single muscles, the new pad contains all the muscles required for a lower limb in one, so that the muscles will not slip around when the performer is dancing.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Matragos, Nick
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Underwaist.

Description: Patent for an underwaist specifically designed for juveniles that provides for more comfortable supporting straps crossing the back and chest at the shoulders, extending to the leg to clasp the stockings with the purpose of holding them up, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Ida Bassett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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