|
Class
|
Patent Date
|
Patent #
|
Title
|
Inventors
|
Place of Residence
|
|
473/564
|
October 30, 1866
|
59,313
|
Spring-Bat
|
George W. Hill
|
Deep River, Connecticut
|
|
273/108.31
|
August 20, 1867
|
67,951
|
Base-Ball Table
|
William Buckley
|
New York, New York
|
|
273/108.31
|
January 23, 1868
|
74,154
|
Apparatus for Playing Parlor Base-Ball
|
Francis C. Sebring
|
Hoboken, New Jersey
|
|
473/499
|
March 3, 1868
|
75,076
|
Base for Ball-Players
|
Esau D. Taylor
|
Hornellsville,
New York
|
|
473/602
|
July 7, 1868
|
79,719
|
Improvement in India-Rubber Base-Balls
|
Henry A. Alden
|
Matteawan, New York
|
|
235/90
|
September 1, 1868
|
81,598
|
Base-Ball Tally-Board
|
Thomas L. Canary
|
Brownsburg, Indiana
|
|
473/468
|
November 7, 1871
|
120,650
|
Improvement in Cat-Balls
|
Thomas H. Joyce
|
New York, New York
|
|
36/62
|
January 9, 1872
|
122,587
|
Improvement in Boot-Clamps for Base-Ball Players
|
Edward S. Ellis
|
Trenton, New Jersey
|
|
473/598
|
May 21, 1872
|
127,098
|
Improvement in Modes of Covering Rounded Articles
with Leather
|
James H. Osgood
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
|
473/602
|
July 27, 1875
|
165,994
|
Improvement in Base-Balls
|
John Giblin
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
|
473/598
|
September 16, 1875
|
175,172
|
Improvement in Base-Ball Covers
|
Martin J. Ryan
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
473/500
|
December 14, 1875
|
171,038
|
Improvement in Base-Ball Bases
|
John C. O’Neill
|
St. Louis, Missouri
|
|
473/594
|
January 18, 1876
|
172,315
|
Improvement in Base-Balls
|
Samuel Hipkiss
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
|
473/600
|
March 7, 1876
|
174,511
|
Improvement in the Manufacture of Base-Balls
|
Wolf Flechter
|
Covington, Kentucky
|
|
473/602
|
July 25, 1876
|
180,110
|
Improvement in Base-Balls
|
William B. Carr
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
473/598
|
February 27, 1877
|
187,848
|
Improvement in Base-Balls
|
David Hale
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
|
2/9
|
February 12, 1878
|
200,398
|
Improvement in Masks
|
Frederick W. Thayer
|
Waverly, Massachusetts
|
|
273/244.1
|
May 7, 1878
|
203,368
|
Improvement in Game-Boards
|
Edward B. Peirce
|
Lowell, Massachusetts
|
|
2/9
|
June 18, 1878
|
205,092
|
Improvement in Masks
|
George W. Howland
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
|
473/598
|
April 19, 1881
|
240,327
|
Ball-Cover
|
John O’Donnell
|
Rutherford Park, New
Jersey
|
|
473/600
|
August 8, 1882
|
262,257
|
Manufacture of Base-Balls
|
Thomas P. Taylor
|
Bridgeport, Connecticut
|
|
273/108.32
|
January 23, 1883
|
270,963
|
Game Apparatus to Imitate Base-Ball
|
Horace B. McCool
|
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
|
|
473/602
|
February 27, 1883
|
272,984
|
Base-Ball
|
Benjamin F. Shibe
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
|
473/600
|
July 17, 1883
|
281,238
|
Base-Ball
|
Samuel D. Castle
|
Bridgeport, Connecticut
|
|
2/9
|
October 23, 1883
|
287,137
|
Wire Mask
|
Harry C. Lee
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
2/9
|
October 23, 1883
|
287,331
|
Mask for Base-Ball Catchers
|
Alexander K. Schaap
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
|
473/600
|
November 20, 1883
|
288,766
|
Base-Ball
|
Almanzor W. Boynton
|
Bridgeport, Connecticut
|
|
473/598
|
November 27, 1883
|
289,297
|
Game-Ball
|
William B. Melot
|
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
|
|
2/19
|
December 25, 1883
|
290,664
|
Glove
|
Austin C. Butts
|
Groveston, New Jersey
|
|
473/564
|
January 22, 1884
|
292,190
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
William Williams
|
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
|
|
273/298
|
February 16, 1884
|
305,315
|
Playing-Cards
|
Thomas W. Lawson
|
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
|
273/244.1
|
October 28, 1884
|
307,402
|
Game Apparatus
|
Michael J. Lynch
|
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
|
|
273/72
|
January 6, 1885
|
310,248
|
Base Ball Bat
|
William T. Brown
|
Hastings, Michigan
|
|
473/500
|
January 27, 1885
|
311,278
|
Indicator for Base-Ball or Cricket Fields
|
William Williams
|
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
|
|
273/108.31
|
August 25, 1885
|
324,873
|
Game
|
John B. Morse
|
Providence, Rhode Island
|
|
2/19
|
September 8, 1885
|
325,968
|
Glove
|
George H. Rawlings
|
St. Louis, Missouri
|
|
273/244.1
|
November 17, 1885
|
330,788
|
Parlor Base-Ball Game
|
Francis Benjamin Jacobus and William Vincent
McKinley
|
Albany, New York
|
|
273/244.1
|
July 13, 1886
|
345,430
|
Game-Board
|
Charles O. Hayward and David J. Havenstrite
|
Newark, New Jersey
|
|
273/141R
|
August 17, 1886
|
347,704
|
Parlor Game of Base-Ball
|
John H. Gaffney
|
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
|
273/244.1
|
February 1, 1887
|
356,870
|
Game-Board
|
William I. Finley and Horace B. Kirkwood
|
Washington, D. C.
|
|
473/499
|
February 15, 1887
|
357,675
|
Home-Base for Game of Base-Ball
|
Robert M. Keating
|
Springfield,
Massachusetts
|
|
2/19
|
March 29, 1887
|
360,135
|
Glove
|
John Blomstrom
|
Rockford, Illinois
|
|
2/9
|
June 7, 1887
|
364,543
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
Robert Reach
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
273/244.1
|
August 9, 1887
|
367,991
|
Game
|
Edward K. McGill
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
473/499
|
August 9, 1887
|
367,889
|
Base-Bag
|
James L. Brown
|
Evansville, Indiana
|
|
473/503
|
August 9, 1887
|
368,112
|
Hand-Protector for Ball-Players
|
Edmond Redmond
|
Rochester, New York
|
|
2/19
|
August 23, 1887
|
368,724
|
Ball-Player’s Glove
|
Edwin Loucks
|
New York, New York
|
|
273/108.31
|
September 27, 1887
|
370,628
|
Game-Board
|
William Frazier Kelly
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
2/9
|
January 10, 1888
|
376,278
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
George Barnard
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
446/11
|
January 17, 1888
|
376,628
|
Toy Money-Box
|
James H. Bowen
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
|
473/564
|
February 7, 1888
|
377,686
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
John W. Moose
|
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
|
|
273/298
|
February 28, 1888
|
378,497
|
Playing-Cards
|
Franklin Couch
|
White Plains, New York
|
|
2/9
|
March 29, 1888
|
379,655
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
Dennis J. O’Sullivan
|
Detroit, Michigan
|
|
2/19
|
April 24, 1888
|
381,687
|
Base-Ball Glove
|
Frederick G. Fischer
|
Kansas City,
Missouri
|
|
36/66
|
May 22, 1888
|
383,133
|
Detachable Sole-Plate and Spike for Boots and Shoes
|
Samuel Kingston and William H. McGunnigle
|
Bridgewater
and Brockton, Massachusetts
|
|
2/19
|
July 10, 1888
|
385,728
|
Ball-Catcher’s Glove
|
Joseph W. Sauer
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
|
36/64
|
December 18, 1888
|
394,863
|
Calk-Plate for Shoes
|
Charles Kellermann and Henry M. Solveson
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
473/564
|
March 26, 1889
|
400,354
|
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