File Case. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title File Case.

Creator

  • Inventor: Altfather, William F.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Altfather, W. F., of Weatherford, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Owens, Jim P.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Farrell, P. V.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1888-07-31
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-07-31
  • Submission Date: 1888-02-13

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved file case. This design "[t]he combination, with a case, of the pockets constructed in a series of a single piece of material having partitions formed by long folds connected at the bottom by short folds . . . [and t]he combination, with the folded pockets, of the file case having its sides constructed to overlap a part of the ends of the pockets, and an elastic follower with thumb-pieces arranged to bind with the sides of the case by straightening" (lines 9-24).
  • 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: file cases
  • Keyword: cases
  • Keyword: filing

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Parker County - Weatherford

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: 386952
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171806

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,952, dated July 31, 1888. Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263,771 (No model.)"
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