Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.
Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name 'Kodak.'
American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel was granted the patent for the revolving door.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
Thomas Edison received a patent for his new invention, the phonograph.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.
Earmuffs were patented.
Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
Henry S. Parmalee patented the fire sprinkler system.
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.
Inventor John Hyatt registered cellulose nitrate (celluloid) as a trademark.
Inventor Phillip W Pratt obtained the patent for his sprinkler system designed to extinguish fires.
Thomas J Martin patented the fire extinguisher.
Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
George Westinghouse Jr. patented steam power brake devices in the US.
The world's favorite paper joiner, the stapler was patented by C. H. Gould in England.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
Inventor Otis Tufts patented the first elevator in the US.
Inventor Hamilton Smith received his patent for his rotary washing machine.
Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
Daniel Halladay patented the self-governing windmill.
The plastic shirt collar was patented in the US by Walter Hunt.
The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
Micah Rugg patented a machine for dressing bolt heads.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
