Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-20
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Han
drcd Dollars for Nothing.
Tho Winner has n Gle ar GIFT of d
Small Fortune, and tho
Losers Have Patents that
1lay Bring Them in
Still More,

Still More.
Would you like to make twentv-flvs huux
dred dollars?' II you would, resd carefully
what follows snd you moy see a way to do il.
1he Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous.
nnds of applications for Inventions, but il
would like to handle thousands more. There
is plenty OF inventive talent at large in tha
country, needing nothing but encouragement
TO produce practical results. That encour-s
agement the Press Claims Company proc
poses TO give.
NOT SO HARD as IT SEEMS
patont strikes most people as an appRll.
iugly formidable thing. 1hs idea is that an
inventor must be q natural genius, like Edi-
son or Bell; that be must devote years to
dclving In complicated mechanical problems
and that be must spend fortune on delicate
experiments before he can get new devices
to a patentable degree Of perfection. This
delusiOn the company desires to dispei. IL
desires to get into the head of tho publiola
clear comprehension of the fact that it il
not the great complex and expensive in-<
ventions that bring the best returns to theif
authors, but the little, simple, and cheap
one-the things that 30 absurdly
trivial that the average citizen would feel
somewhat ashamed of bringing them to this
attention of the Patent OGoe.
Edson says that the profits be has res
ceived from the patents OIL all his marvellous
inventions have not been sufficient 20 pey
the cost Of his experiments. But tho nlara
who conceived the idea of fastening a bit OF
rubber cord to child's ball, so haiti
would come back to the hand when thrown,
made a fortune out Of his scheme. Ths
modern sewing machine is miracle OF in
togt e,ft LOT Il.
of busy brains through a hundred and fifty
years, but the whole brilliant result resta
upon the simple device Of putting the eye
OF the needle at the point instead Of at the
other end.
THE LITTLE THTSGS TEE MOST VAI4-
UAuLE.
Comparatively few people regard thanl-
selves inventors, but almost every body
has been struck, at one time or another,
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 make
its car windows so that thoy can ba slid IN
aud down without breaking the passengers
becks|' eXclams tue traveller. IF / wers
running the road 1 would make them in
such a way
pan thinking ot|' grumLer the cook.n
"He never had to work over a stove, or ne
would have known bow il ouga, 10 have
been fixed
Hang such cellar button p grows the
man who is late for breakfast. If / wers
in the business III make buttons that
wouldn't slip our or break oE, or gougs
cut the back Of my mock.
And then the variou. egTarcrs forget
about their sr.evn1cos aud L,-in to think Of
something else. If .ley wound sit down az
the next convenient opuurtunity put thoin
ideas about car windows, saucep-ns, and
collar buttons into practical shape, and
then apply for patents, they might fad
themselves as Independently Wea.tay IS thu
mau who invented the iron umbrella ringt
or the one who patented the h.ts-u puzzle.
TEMPTING OIIEH.
To induce people to keep trac., OF thsif
bright ideas ana seo what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
oteer z prize.
To the person wlo s5mIs 70 it the
simplest and mos. lrom.s.ag mrcnuons
Jron, q commercial p,tl of c,s,c, tie co,a>
pany uH gire t,ceWyura Atndre3 dollars
in cash, il, addition TO rcJua4lay he
fees for securing the pcteat
II ,rU also o4rot,sa tie inreation free
oGcharge.
This olrsr is subject to the tolovin; con,
ditions
Every competitor must obtain patent
for his invention through the company Hs
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which wlll be tive dollars
Should this search show his iuvonti to bs
uupatontable, he can withdraw without
further expense. Otherwise le will be ex-
pected to complete his application and take
out patent in regular way. The votel en-
pense including Government and Bureau
fees, will be seventy dollars. For this,
whether he secures tho priz3 or not the in
ventor will Lave patent that ought TO bs
valuable property to him. The prize will
be awarded by jury consisting OF three,
reputable patent attorneys OF Washington.
Intending competitors should I'll out the
following blank, and forward it with their
applications
----------,, 1873.
81 submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollar Priz. offered by the Press
Claims Company.