On January 15, 1889, George A. Beidler was granted the patent for JACK-A-LANTERN. U.S. Patent No. 396,252.
This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of devices known as “jack-a-lanterns;” and it has for its objects to provide a new article of manufacture of unique appearance which will form an attractive, desirable, and amusing toy for children, and supply a long-known want, and which may be used as a campaign-torch for celebrations, torch-light processions, political meetings, and other like occasions where an effective pyrotechnic display is desirable.
