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 |
| 6959847 | Saw frame provided with a roll-tip for cutting glass Disclosed is a saw frame having wheel cutters for cutting glass. In particular, the present invention relates to a saw frame having wheel cutters respectively mounted to both a saw frame and a handle, and with a plurality of glass bending grooves formed at the botto... | 11/01/2005 |
| 4996895 | Pocket hand corkscrew The invention provides a pocket hand corkscrew having an operating lever with a bottom and two flanges, attached to a channel-like guideway which may pivot from a position wherein it is applied against the bottom. A slide member may slide along the guidew... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4759238 | Pocket corkscrew Corkscrew of the type having folding tools (2,3) in a handle (4), such as a screw-type means of insertion in a cork (2) and a fulcrum lever extension means such as counter-lever (3) having a slot seat for crown caps as well, and the additional function of... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4437359 | Wine waiter's corkscrews A corkscrew is combined with a flat elongated handle. Two extraction levers are pivoted to one end of the handle. Each lever has a notch for resting on the bottle neck to help extract corks.... | 03/20/1984 |