Inventions
Louvered Sunglasses
Wouldn't you look chic wearing these? And no more viewing the world through "rose-colored glasses."Original patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 25, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, 1950s, Eyes and Vision
The Ring-O Pool Table
One hole only. Learn more here, at the site dedicated to the inventor, Irving Kaye.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 16, 2024 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Inventions, Sports, 1960s
Protose
Read more about this early meat substitute here.Kellogg credited his interest in meat substitutes to Charles William Dabney, an agricultural chemist and the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Dabney wrote to Kellogg on the subject around 1895.[16]: 119
In 1896, Kellogg introduced but did not patent "Nuttose", the first commercially produced alternative to meat. Nuttose was made primarily from peanuts and resembled "cold roast mutton".[42]: 6 By seasoning or marinating, Nuttose could be made to taste like fried chicken or barbeque. Served with mashed potatoes and vegetables, it could mimic a traditional American meal.[69]
On March 19, 1901, Kellogg was granted the first United States Patent for a "vegetable substitute for meat", for a blend of nuts and grain cereals called "Protose". In applying for US patent 670283A, John Harvey Kellogg, "Vegetable-food Compound", issued June 8, 1899, Kellogg described Protose as a product "which shall possess equal or greater nutritive value in equal or more available form... By proper regulation of the temperature and proportions of the ingredients, various meat-like flavors are developed, which give the finished product very characteristic properties."[42]: 6 [70] Nuttose and Protose were the first of many meat alternatives.[69]
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 15, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Imitations, Forgeries, Rip-offs and Faux, Inventions, 1900s
Telephone Muffler
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 13, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Telephones, 1910s
Pop-Up Postcards
We know that Pop-Up books are a well-liked category. So why not apply the notion to postcards?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 11, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, 1900s, Postal Services
Seated Sleeping Aid
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 03, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Medicine, Sleep and Dreams, 1910s
John F. Dreyer, Three-Dee Glasses Tycoon
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 27, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Movies, 1950s
Purse Converts to Jacket—Or Vice Versa!
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Purses, Wallets, Billfolds, Poke Sacks and Other Carryable Containers, Clothing, 1980s
Rowland Emett’s “Lunar Cycle”
Watch the video below the screenshot.His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 14, 2024 -
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Category: Humor, Inventions, Rube Goldberg Devices, Cartoons, Space Travel, 1970s
The Piano Violin
Full patent here.The player has to bow the strings and strike some keys simultaneously. Wonder why it never caught on?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 04, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Music, 1900s
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