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.
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4798657 | Cathodic protection system A protective apparatus adapted for limiting corrosive effects of a liquid stored in a metallic storage tank. The apparatus includes anode means for carrying an impressed current to produce an electrolytic effect and inhibit corrosive interaction between t... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4487676 | Anticorrosion anode with magnetic holddown An anode for the internal protection of hollow corrodible magnetically receptive metallic substrates is attached to a flexible permanent magnet along its length, thereby enabling it to hold to the substrate. This prevents abrasion and electrical short-cir... | 12/11/1984 |