Patent Room

Parachute. Fun with gravity. 1920. Invented by J. W. Taylor.

A "Keymonica" musical instrument for the Wm. Kratt Co. 1953. Invented by William Kratt and Emil J. Ens.

Moving figure toy. A twisting, waddling duck. 1931. Invented by Donald H. MacBride.

Let your imagination ride aboard a brand new concept in transportation. A design for a toy monorail. 1953. Invented by Lester Cohen and Willard H. Reineking.

This toy consists of a tube with a balloon on one end and a confection on the other end. The tube is constructed to give a sound, somewhat like a flute, when the child places the end with the confection in his mouth and blows through to inflate the balloon, or when the balloon is deflated. 1924. Invented by Stanley C. Bias.

A mechanical kicking mule. Air slowly returning to the bellows (20) will, after about 30 seconds, strike the end of the hook lever (16) causing the mule to kick. 1924. Invented by Paul Lipman.

Meet Junior Raindrop, a hoodlum water drop who joins a gang in the hilarious 1948 animated Forest Service film The Adventures of Junior Raindrop. This patent design is for a Junior doll and was illustrated by Rudolph Wendelin, who is most famous for his drawings of Smokey the Bear. Be sure to watch the film and find out what happens to outlaw Junior.

A toy instrument panel for bicycle handle bars. 1954. Invented by Leroy Coates.

A nice roller skate design for the junior jockey. 1953. Invented by Belle A. Kandarian.

A bucktoothed child's riding toy. On a stick. 1953. Invented by Milburn R. Hutchison.