Truss. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Truss.

Creator

  • Inventor: Davis, Andrew P.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Davis, A. P., of Dallas, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Ellis, E. Everett
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Lammond, Curtis
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1887-10-25
  • Acceptance Date: 1887-10-25
  • Submission Date: 1887-08-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved truss. This design consists in "the body-band consisting of a front piece adapted to fit around the abdomen, and a wire attached to each end of said front piece, shaped to conform to the body and spread apart to receive and rest upon the hip-bone, and straps secured to the opposite ends of said wires for fastening the band in place" (lines 43-50).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: trusses

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas

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: 372014
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171657

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,014, dated October 25, 1887. Application filed August 11, 1887. Serial No. 246,667. (No model.)"
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