The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-09-08
ON PATENTS
HOW TO GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
lars FOR NOTHING.
The winner has . Clear Gift Of Small
forsuut>, and the Losers Havs
Patents that may Bring them In
Etill u IRA,

WOULD you like to make twenty-five hundred
dollars? If you would, read carefully what fol.
lows and YOU may Bco way to do Il.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. II has handled thousands
oil applications for inventions, but II would
like to handle thousands more. There Ia plenty.
OF inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encourage ncnt the Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not 80 Hard AZ 1t Seems.
patent strikes most people MS nm appnllngly
formidable thing. The idea ia that an inventor
must be a NATURAL genius, like Edison or Bell /;
TINT he must devote years to drlviny in complica-
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before he can
xeta now device to apatcntabls dcgroe Of pcrfcc.
ton. This deiusion tho company desires to ,iispc
1t desrest to get into the head Of the public clear
comprehension of tho fact that it is not tho great
complex, and expensive inventions TINT bring
the hest returns to their authors, but the littlo,
simple, md cheap ones-the things that secm SO
absurdly trivial that the average citizen would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to tho
attention Of the patcnt Office.
Edison says that tho profits he Inns received
from the patents ON all his marvellous inventions
have not been sufficient to pay the cost of his ex
pcriments. But thu man who conceived the idea
OF fastening bit Of rubber cord to childs ball,
othat II would came back to tho hand when
thrown, made fortune out Of his scheme. The
modern sewing-machiue is miracle Of ingenuity
the product OF tho toll Of hundreds Of busy
brains through, hundred and fifty years. but the
Whole brilliant result rests upon the simple de-
vice OF putting the eye OF the needle at the poin
instead of at the other end.
The Little Things the Most valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but alinost everybody has been
struck, Mt one time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some Of tie little
frictions oflifc. Usually such ideas are dismissed
without further thought.
why don't the Tilrcad company make its
car windows 40 that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers' backsy" OK
claims the traveller. "1f were running the road
would make them in such a way"
What was the man that made this saucepan
thinking OFT! grumblcs the cook. "He never Ind
To work over stove or he would have known
how II ought TO have been fixed"
HING such a collnr button.' gruwls the man
who is late for breakfast. "lf were in the bust
ness I'D make buttons that wouldn't slip out, OF
break OIL, or gousc out tho back of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of something
else. II they would cit down at tho next conyen-
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win
dows, snncepans, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape and then apply for patents, they might
Ind themselves as independently wealthy as the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the
one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
u Tempting Offer.
To indncr pcoplc to keep tack Of their bright
idnas and see what there is in them, the Press
Claims Company has resolved TO oiIer prize.
To the person who submits 10 Il the
simplest aud most promising invcn.
tion. from oMmrrciai point Of view,
the company will give twenty-five
hundred dollars la cash. In addition to
reminding the fees for securing the
patent.
u will also advertise the Invention
free Of charge.
Thisoiicr is subject TO the following ,n,litons:
Every compctitori must obtain a patent for
his invention through tho company lie must
lint apply for Il preliminary search, the cot Of
which will he Eve .ioilar-. should thi. search
show his Invention to bc unpnt.ntablc,
hc can withdraw without fur
thcr expense. Otherwise he will he
expected TO complctc and take out
patent In the regular way. The total expense.
Including Gorcrnmcnt mud Bureau fees. will h.
seventy dollars. foi this. whether hr secur,- the
prir.or not. the inventor will have patent that
ought 10 be n valuable property To him. The prixc
will 10 awarded ly Jury consisting OF three rep
utai'lc patent attorneys Of Washington. Intending
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