Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-22
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
rhe winner has q Clear Gilt Ola
small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them i'm still
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wou,d YOU like to make twenty-five hun
a-ed dollars? 1fyou would, read careiuiiy
what follows and you may see way 10 90 ~.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous.
ands of applications for inventions, pMt ~
would like to handle thousands more lnele
ia plenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but n ourag G m Gu
t., produce practical results. lhat ehcoul'
arement the Press Claims company NV
poses to give: ,-rc.
NOT so HARD AS 1T SEEMS,
A patent strikes most people as an apPa,, I'll,
ingly formidable thing. Inc laea II H: .la M al
inventor must be natural genius, my .:u,
son or Bell that he must put years 10 uelvinS
in complicated mechanical pro1lG1;:ls " NV
nar;menfs before he can get new device 10
= natentable degree OF perfection. rms de-
ins,on the company desires to dlspei. IL oe-
s;ras to get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that it is not the
Great. complex, and expensive inventions
shat bring the best returns to their authors
hit the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem so absurdly Trivial that JUG
c;t;zen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the fa'en'
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the patents on oil his marvellous 'nVen-
tions have not been sufficient topay the cost
Of his experiments. But the man VINO con
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF ruooer
cord to child's ball, SO that 1t Woulo COME
back to his hand when thrown maze Wr'
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew,
iug.machinc is miracle OF lngehul.y-:n
product of the toll of hundreds OF pusy ora .,
through hundred and nifty years, W! .Io
whole brilliant result rests upon the s'lnpie
device of putting the eye of the needle at the
point instead of the other end.
THE LITTLE TH!NGS HE
MOST VALUABLE,
Comnaratively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
has heen struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little frictions Of life Usually
snch ideas are dismissed without inrther
thought. o,o
its car windows so that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs ?" exclaims the traveller. III were
running the road would make them IN sach
"What was the man that made this sauce
nan thinking ot?' grumbles the cook. "He
never had to work oyer stoye, or he Woul1
have known how it ought to have been nxeu.
"Hang such a collar button y gro"ls the
man who is late for breakfast. III were IN
the business I'd make buttons that Wouidnt
slip out or break of, or gouge out the pack
Of my neck c.,,.
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some.
thing else. If they would sit down al 'ne
next convenient opportunity, put their iueas
about car windows, saucepans, and collar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
independently wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or The one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bripht ideas and see what there is In them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved 10
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
II the simplest and most PRONE
Using invention, from II CONNER
cial point Of view, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, in adj
ditiOn to rcfunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In.
ventiOn free Of charge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. lie
must first apply for a preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entable. he can withdraw without further eX-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
ent IN the regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees will
be seventy dollars For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize o: not, the inventor Will have
a patent that ought to be a valuable p.operty
TO him. The prize will be awarded by a jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application:
II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
No Blanks In this Competition:
This is competition of rather an unusual
nature 1t is common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan.
all the competitors risking the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewarded for doing it. The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing 1t. The architect whose COM
petitive plan for club house on certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
,methpg of very little use to him But the
oroon who natents n simple and useful de-