...During the Civil War, the Confederacy established its own Patent Office which issued 266 patents, a third of which concerned implements of war.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6253722 | Starting apparatus for internal combustion engines A starting device has a rotary drive member that is operable by hand or power devices. The device has a detented or geared strip arranged to engage with a similarly detented or geared starting wheel. The teeth of these parts are designed to grab and lock ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5285693 | Lawn mower starting device A device for pulling the starter cord of a lawn mower engine utilizes a pulling cable attached to a pulley wheel activated by a high torque electric motor. An elongated base supports an upright post, upon which the motor is mounted. A chute protectively g... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5133312 | Foot-operated starter attachment for combustion engines An engine starter attachment for use with equipment employing combustion engines having hand-operable starting cords. The attachment comprises a slide bar having a slider equipped with a stirrup to enable foot power to be applied to the slider. A cable at... | 07/28/1992 |