Patent of the Day: Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy


On this day in 1914 Nikola Tesla was granted the patent for APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL ENERGY. U.S. Patent No. 1,119,732. In endeavoring…

Patent of the Day: Excavator


On this day in 1880 Joseph Clark was granted the patent for EXCAVATOR. U.S. Patent No. 234,851. The object of this patent was to reduce the cost of…

Patent of the Day: Exercising Apparatus


On this day in 1904 Jay L. Roberts was granted the patent for EXERCISING APPARATUS. U.S. Patent No. 775,989. This invention relates to an exercising…

Patent of the Day: Police Handcuff


On this day in 1882 Edward Davis Bean was granted the patent for POLICE HANDCUFF. U.S. Patent No. 268,171. This invention was created out of…

Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Combined Cornucopia and Candleholder


On April 7, 1959 Gilbert Josephson was granted the design patent for a COMBINED CORNUCOPIA AND CANDLEHOLDER. U.S. Patent No. D184,815. Cornucopias…

Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Method of Preparing Edible Fowl


On February 14, 1956, Peter A. Sieczkiewicz was granted the patent for METHOD OF PREPARING EDIBLE FOWL. U.S. Patent No. 2,844,844. This invention…

Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Turkey Fryer with Vertically Stacking Cooking Racks


On September 27, 2011, Robert L. Boyer was granted the patent for TURKEY FRYER WITH VERTICALLY STACKING COOKING RACKS. U.S. Patent No. 8,025,007.…

Patent of the Day: Furnace


On this day in 1941 Moritz L. Mueller was granted the Patent for FURNACE. U.S. Patent No. 2,263,098. This invention relates generally to furnaces and…

Patent of the Day: Carbonizing Apparatus


On this day in 1903 Bernhard Zwillinger was granted the patent for CARBONIZING APPARATUS. U.S. Patent No. 744,666. This invention relates to…

Patent of the Day: Toothbrush with Liquid Container


On this day in 1965 Bernard Cyzer was granted the patent for TOOTHBRUSH WITH LIQUID CONTAINER. U.S. Patent No. 3,217,720. Toothbrushes are known in…

Patent of the Day: Ammunition Jacket


On this day in 1904 Joseph W. Righton was granted the patent for AMMUNITION JACKET. U.S. Patent No. 775,149. This invention relates to…

Patent of the Day: Ruby Laser Systems


On this day in 1967 Theodore H. Malman was granted the patent for RUBY LASER SYSTEMS. U.S. Patent No. 3,353,115. This invention relates to the…

Patent of the Day: Life Boat


On this day in 1837 John Macintosh was granted the patent for LIFE BOAT. U.S. Patent No. 462. A  canvas is taken, of other flexible material, and…

Patent of the Day: Recording Pen


On this day in 1903 Florentine A. Jones was granted the patent for RECORDING PEN. U.S. Patent No. 743,725. This invention relates to that class of…

Patent of the Day: Aerial Vessel


On this day in 1886 Moses S. Cole was granted the patent for AERIAL VESSEL. U.S. Patent No. 352,298. The object of this invention is to provide a new…

Patent of the Day: Neck Muffler


On this day in 1904, James Scott was granted the patent for NECK MUFFLER. U.S. Patent No. 774,703. This invention relates to mufflers for protecting…

Patent of the Day: Crane


On this day in 1922 Thomas Millard Nichols was granted the patent for CRANE. U.S. Patent No. 1,434,623. The device forming the subject matter of this…

Patent of the Day: Artificial Leg


On this day in 1846, Benjamin Franklin Palmer was granted the patent for ARTIFICIAL LEG. U.S. Patent No. 4,834. The nature of this invention consists…

Patent of the Day: Method of and Apparatus for Electrical Conversion and Distribution


On this day in 1891 Nikola Tesla was granted the patent for METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL CONVERSION AND DISTRIBUTION. U.S. Patent No.…

Patent of the Day: Electrical Transformer


On this day in 1897 Nikola Tesla was granted the patent for ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER. U.S. Patent No. 593,138. The present application is based upon an…