Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-11-30
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun.
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has 1t Clear Gift of a
Small Fortune, and tho
Losers Have Patents ttat
May Bring Them IN
still More,

sun More.
Would you like to make twenty-five hun-
dred dollars II you would read carefully
what follows aud you Mag see way TO do It.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled tkoIs'
ands OF applications for IN INVENTIONS, but il
would like to haauie thousands more. There
10 plenty ofinventive talent at large in ,hli
country, needing nothing but encouragement
to produce practical results. Thot encour-
ageDent tho Press Claims CompSny pros
poses to give.
MOI 20 BARD As TT sDENIS
A patont strikes most pcopio as an appall-
ingly formidable thing. 1ha idea Is that an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edi-
son or Bell; that lie must devote years 70
dslvi1g in complicated mechanical problems
and that he must spend a fortune Oh delicate
experiments before he can get new device
to patontaDle degree Of perfection. Ths
deusion the company desires 10 dieosl. Ii
desires to get into The head OF the public q
clear comprehension OF the fact that it is
not the great complex and expensive in
ventons that bring the bosC returns to their
authors, but the little, simple, and cheap
ore-the things that seem SO absurlly
trivial that the average citizen would fesl
somewhat ashamed oil bringiug them to the
attention OF the ratont Office.
EDISON says that the pyofta no has re-
ceived from the patents all his marvellous
inventions have not been sufficient TO pay
the cost of his experiments But the man
who conceived the idea Of fastening BIT OF
rubber cord to u cai1's ball, 80 tnet it
would como back to the buad WHOM thrown,
made fortune out OF his scheme The
modern sewing mocAins is a miracle of in
genuitv--ths product OF tho toll OF hundreds
OF busy brains through a hundred and fifty
years. but the whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device Of putting the ego
of ths needle at the point instead o. at tho
othor end.
TIE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VAL
UAEEE.
Comparatively few people regard them,
selves as Inventors, but almost evsry body
has been struck, ut ere tino or anothers
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some OF the little frictions OF life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company mako
its car windows 50 that they can ba slid up
snd down without breaking tie passengers
backe" exclaims the traveller. ~ were
running the road l would make them in
such q way
"What was the nan That made this saucs-
pan thinking off, grunbic5 tho cook"
'Hc mover had to work over stove, or 10
would have known how it ought TO havJ
been fixed. -
Hang such collar button :" Growls tina
men who is late for breakfast. If were
in the business il make buttons that
wouldn't slip OUT, or break or, or Sougs
OUT the back OF my neck"
And then the various sufferers fc-ged
about their grievances Gud beg!a to think of
4 -
the next convenient opportunity, put their
IDEAS about car windows, seuoepnug, and
collar buttons into practical shape, and
then apply fer patent, they might fad
themselves as Independently wealthy as tho
man who invented the iron umbrella ring,
or tho ono who patented the fifteen puzzle.
= TT5IrTING oEIEK.
TO induce people to keep track Of their
bright ideas and sec what there is In them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
cffer pr;ze.
TO the person a~l2 submits TO it tie
simplest and most pyon,iStoJ Rrention,
from consberctot toiai of rie,r, me coma
paay wH gtte trentyfra anndred do1ora
in cosa, il a5dtion 10 refi.ad,ng hs
+ fees for securing the pa'cat
Il 'rW also ADVERTISE the iareutioa frsa
Of charge.
This cHer is subject to the following con,
Gitiols:
Every competitor must obtain patent
fer his invention through the company Ha
must first apply for a preliminary search
the cost OF whicl will bo Ave dollars.
should this search show his invention to be
unpatentable, lie can withdraw without.
further expense. Otherwise hs win be e--
pectei to complete his application and take
out patent in regular way, tbs total ex-
psnse including Government aud Bureau
fees, will be seventy dollars. For this,
whother he secures the prize or not, the in
ventor will nave patent that ought to b
valuable property to MIN. The prize will
be awarded BY a jury consisting o. thres
reputable patent attorneys OF Washington.
Intending competitors should FL out ths
following blank, and forward it with their
applications
''----,, 1898.
IL submit the within described invention
In competition for tho Twenty five Hun
d.ed Dollar Prize offered 10y the Press
Claims Company.