Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4640321 | Wire bend machine In an apparatus for securing girth binding wires to the sides of an open sided flat container wherein wire manipulations are performed on a wire section secured to a container blank to bend the binding wire ends over the top edge of the sides and drive th... | 02/03/1987 |
| 3970118 | Rock fastener machine In an apparatus for forming loop fasteners on wirebound container blanks wherein wire manipulations are performed on a wire section secured to a container blank to form a loop in the wire and drive the end of the wire into the container blank to perpetuat... | 07/20/1976 |