Date: July 14, 1896
U.S. Patent Number: 563,793
Description: Improved aerial bicycle which is propelled on an elevated track.
18 September 2010
Aerial Bicycle
Inventor: Hiram B. Nickerson, Stoughton, Massachusetts
Date: July 14, 1896
U.S. Patent Number: 563,793
Description: Improved aerial bicycle which is propelled on an elevated track.
Date: July 14, 1896
U.S. Patent Number: 563,793
Description: Improved aerial bicycle which is propelled on an elevated track.
Animal Attachment Providing Artificial Horns
Inventor: Richard E. Ayres, Woodlake, California
Date: August 4, 1959
U.S. Patent Number: 2,897,780
Description: Because it is sometimes difficult for rodeo producers to acquire steers with horns, this device provides an artificial attachment which can be mounted on an animal for the purpose of simulating horns. Other purposes include: to faciliatate manual control of an animal's head; to minimize the cost of rodeo stock; to make cattle wrestling or throwing more humane.
Date: August 4, 1959
U.S. Patent Number: 2,897,780
Description: Because it is sometimes difficult for rodeo producers to acquire steers with horns, this device provides an artificial attachment which can be mounted on an animal for the purpose of simulating horns. Other purposes include: to faciliatate manual control of an animal's head; to minimize the cost of rodeo stock; to make cattle wrestling or throwing more humane.
Cymbal Campaign Torch
Inventor: George A. Beidler, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date: July 18, 1899
U.S. Patent Number: 629,312
Description: Provides a novel arrangement combining a torch-cymbal and a support, adapted to be secured to the end of a rod or staff, which is preferably made in the representation of a human head.
Date: July 18, 1899
U.S. Patent Number: 629,312
Description: Provides a novel arrangement combining a torch-cymbal and a support, adapted to be secured to the end of a rod or staff, which is preferably made in the representation of a human head.
29 June 2010
Swimming Appliances Through the Ages
1. Apparatus for Teaching the Art of Swimming
Inventor: William Redfearn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: March 31, 1874
U.S. Patent Number: 149,249
Description: Device for facilitating the teaching of swimming by accustoming the limbs of the learner to the several movements required, so that upon taking to the water, the learner will instinctively make the same movements, and will be enabled to swim perfectly after comparatively little practice.
2. Swimming Apparatus
Inventor: William Beeson, Dillon, Montana Territory
Date: July 5, 1881
U.S. Patent Number: 243,834
Description: A detachable suit provided with pockets or receptacles for the body and limbs, with a web portion between the pockets for the limbs, which acts like wings or fins, which, from the movement of the legs and arms, effect a propulsion through the water.
3. Swimming Appliance
Inventor: Joel R. Heminger, Akron, Ohio
Date: March 24, 1925
U.S. Patent Number: 1,530,560
Description: A light and effecient appliance which can readily be attached to the swimmer, which has a tail portion adapted to be moved from side to side to simulate the movement of a fish and thus propel the swimmer forward.
4. Swimming Appliance
Inventor: Nickolas Meroussis, New York, New York
Date: January 5, 1932
U.S. Patent Number: 1,839,489
Description: A device which will make swimming more enjoyable to those who wear it. Includes triangular webs positioned between the legs and arms, secured by means of buckles.
Inventor: William Redfearn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: March 31, 1874
U.S. Patent Number: 149,249
Description: Device for facilitating the teaching of swimming by accustoming the limbs of the learner to the several movements required, so that upon taking to the water, the learner will instinctively make the same movements, and will be enabled to swim perfectly after comparatively little practice.
2. Swimming Apparatus
Inventor: William Beeson, Dillon, Montana Territory
Date: July 5, 1881
U.S. Patent Number: 243,834
Description: A detachable suit provided with pockets or receptacles for the body and limbs, with a web portion between the pockets for the limbs, which acts like wings or fins, which, from the movement of the legs and arms, effect a propulsion through the water.
3. Swimming Appliance
Inventor: Joel R. Heminger, Akron, Ohio
Date: March 24, 1925
U.S. Patent Number: 1,530,560
Description: A light and effecient appliance which can readily be attached to the swimmer, which has a tail portion adapted to be moved from side to side to simulate the movement of a fish and thus propel the swimmer forward.
4. Swimming Appliance
Inventor: Nickolas Meroussis, New York, New York
Date: January 5, 1932
U.S. Patent Number: 1,839,489
Description: A device which will make swimming more enjoyable to those who wear it. Includes triangular webs positioned between the legs and arms, secured by means of buckles.
Initiation and Worshipping Devices
1. Initiation Apparatus
Inventor: John Milton Seibert, Pekin, Illinois
Date: May 8, 1906
U.S. Patent Number: 819,814
Description: Initiation apparatus designed for use in lodges and secret societies, for initiating a candidate into the secrets and forms of the order. The invention contemplates a simple and practical form of apparatus entirely harmless in its action and results, while at the same time producing an amusing and entertaining effect. The invention essentially consists of a pair of guiding-conductors and a pair of walking electrodes. The electrodes are worn by the subject and designed to be carried over and in contact with the conductors. The conductors are in the form of metallic rails arranged in a track and secured to the floor so the subject may walk upon them. The guiding conductors are included in an electrical generator-circuit, designed for shocking the subject when the subject closes the circuit while walking on the conductors.
2. Worshipping System
Inventor: George Yamagata, Chiba, Japan
Date: April 26, 1988
U.S. Patent Number: 4,739,595
Description: A worshipping room with an altar, an area for storing cenerary urns, visible means for visually suggesting the movement of the spirits from cinerary urns to the altar, and control means for actuating the said visible means. When necessary, codes for the number of family members or deceased are input into the control unit, and the visible means simulates the transfer of the spirit of the deceased from the cinerary urn to the worshipped object. This causes the worshippers of their ancestors to feel that the spirit in the cinerary urn has been united to the worshipped object.
Inventor: John Milton Seibert, Pekin, Illinois
Date: May 8, 1906
U.S. Patent Number: 819,814
Description: Initiation apparatus designed for use in lodges and secret societies, for initiating a candidate into the secrets and forms of the order. The invention contemplates a simple and practical form of apparatus entirely harmless in its action and results, while at the same time producing an amusing and entertaining effect. The invention essentially consists of a pair of guiding-conductors and a pair of walking electrodes. The electrodes are worn by the subject and designed to be carried over and in contact with the conductors. The conductors are in the form of metallic rails arranged in a track and secured to the floor so the subject may walk upon them. The guiding conductors are included in an electrical generator-circuit, designed for shocking the subject when the subject closes the circuit while walking on the conductors.
Inventor: George Yamagata, Chiba, Japan
Date: April 26, 1988
U.S. Patent Number: 4,739,595
Description: A worshipping room with an altar, an area for storing cenerary urns, visible means for visually suggesting the movement of the spirits from cinerary urns to the altar, and control means for actuating the said visible means. When necessary, codes for the number of family members or deceased are input into the control unit, and the visible means simulates the transfer of the spirit of the deceased from the cinerary urn to the worshipped object. This causes the worshippers of their ancestors to feel that the spirit in the cinerary urn has been united to the worshipped object.
16 June 2010
Pat On The Back Apparatus
Inventor: Ralph R. Piro, Lindenhurst, New York
Date: September 2, 1986
U.S. Patent Number: 4,608,967
Description: "A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended from shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back."
Baby Patting Machine
Inventor: Thomas V. Zelenka, Hanford, California
Date: January 5, 1971
U.S. Patent Number: 3,552,388
Description: "A device for patting a baby to sleep by means of periodic pats upon the rump or hind part of the baby, the device comprising a bracket supporting a motor having pulley on the motor shaft, and the pulley supporting an arm having a soft pad at one end which pats the baby."
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