Knee-Pad. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Knee-Pad.
  • Added Title Knee Pad.

Creator

  • Inventor: Holsey, Walter R.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Walter R. Holsey, of Corsicana, Texas.

Contributor

  • Other: Spellman, John M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Attorney
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co. Photo-Litho., Washington, D. C.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1919-03-04
  • Acceptance Date: 1919-03-04
  • Submission Date: 1917-09-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a knee pad to be used by berry or cotton pickers, or other workers that are often in a kneeling position. The knee pad consists of a frame made of "one piece of spring wire of rather coarse gage, a roller revolubly attached to the front end of the frame, and cloth or canvas stretched across the frame" (lines 23-27). The cloth is easy to remove and replace.
  • Physical Description: [2] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farming - Cotton
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farming
  • Keyword: cotton pickers
  • Keyword: berry pickers
  • Keyword: knee supports
  • Keyword: knee rests
  • Keyword: knee protectors

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Navarro County - Corsicana

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1296522
  • Government Documents No.: 02/190423
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1256459

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,423."
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