Patents in Honor of Christmas
21st December 2009 by admin No CommentsPatent #276,586 – Toy
Patent #81,437 was issued to Franz Vester on August 25, 1868 for an Improved Burial Case.
This coffin was designed so that a person who was buried alive could escape. Vester’s invention included a square tube that extended above the gravesite allowing air inside the coffin. This tube had a ladder and a way for aboveground [...]