|
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
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
Charles N. Morris
|
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
|
273/108.31
|
April 9, 1889
|
401,222
|
Game Apparatus
|
Henry L. Smith
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
2/19
|
August 6, 1889
|
408,650
|
Glove
|
Paul Buckley and Earle Harry Decker
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
36/66
|
October 8, 1889
|
412,472
|
Base-Ball Shoe
|
William Croner
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
473/598
|
November 26, 1889
|
415,884
|
Base-Ball
|
Daniel M. Shibe
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
2/19
|
April 15, 1890
|
425,887
|
Base-Ball Glove
|
George C. Kohler
|
San Francisco,
California
|
|
473/564
|
June 17, 1890
|
430,388
|
Ball-Bat
|
Emile Kinst
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
273/244.1
|
July 8, 1890
|
431,727
|
Game
|
Frank W. Samuels
|
Indianapolis,
Indiana
|
|
273/108.31
|
July 15, 1890
|
432,287
|
Game
|
Henry Shrimpton
|
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
|
2/9
|
July 29, 1890
|
432,970
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
Barton L. Blair
|
Rochester, New York
|
|
2/19
|
August 12, 1890
|
434,120
|
Ball-Catcher’s Mitten
|
Joseph W. Sauer
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
|
2/19
|
September 16, 1890
|
436,540
|
Ball-Catcher’s Glove
|
Henry L. Naramore
|
Sharon, Massachusetts
|
|
273/108.32
|
October 28, 1890
|
439,211
|
Game
|
John S. Thompson
|
Indianapolis,
Indiana
|
|
273/108.31
|
November 4, 1890
|
439,899
|
Base-Ball Game
|
William Schmitges
|
New York, New York
|
|
473/598
|
December 9, 1890
|
442,147
|
Base-Ball Cover
|
Benjamin F. Shibe
|
Bala, Pennsylvania
|
|
2/19
|
February 21, 1891
|
447,233
|
Catcher’s Glove
|
Earle Harry Decker
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
273/108.31
|
February 24, 1891
|
447,088
|
Game-Board
|
John W. Sutton
|
New York, New York
|
|
273/108.31
|
March 10, 1891
|
447,851
|
Game-Board
|
Henry Wachter
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
|
2/19
|
April 14, 1891
|
450,366
|
Catcher’s Glove
|
Earle Harry Decker
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
2/19
|
April 21, 1891
|
450,717
|
Glove
|
Robert Reach
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
2/9
|
June 30, 1891
|
455,007
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
Leo J. F. Rooney
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
|
473/600
|
July 28, 1891
|
456,920
|
Ball
|
Francis F. Atkinson
|
New York, New York
|
|
2/19
|
September 15, 1891
|
459,441
|
Ball-Catcher’s Glove
|
Jason F. Draper
|
Ashland, New Hampshire
|
|
2/19
|
October 13, 1891
|
461,218
|
Base-Ball Glove
|
August Haegg
|
Rockford, Illinois
|
|
2/19
|
October 27, 1891
|
461,819
|
Base-Ball-Catcher’s Glove or Mitten
|
Jason F. Draper
|
Ashland, New Hampshire
|
|
2/19
|
October 27, 1891
|
461,847
|
Catcher’s Glove
|
Henry W. Price
|
Rockford, Illinois
|
|
473/600
|
December 22, 1891
|
465,507
|
Indoor Base-Ball
|
William Windows
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
473/564
|
March 29, 1892
|
471,545
|
Cushion-Tip for Ball-Bats
|
George W. Hancock
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
2/19
|
April 5, 1892
|
472,482
|
Glove for Base-Ball Catchers
|
Theodore A. Kennedy
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
|
273/108.31
|
December 13, 1892
|
487,825
|
Mechanical Ball Game
|
Greely Stevensen Curtis, Jr. and James Mott
Hallowell
|
Boston, Massachusetts
and West Medford, Massachusetts
|
|
273/108.31
|
February 7, 1893
|
491,247
|
Toy Base-Ball Game
|
Joseph A. Meaher
|
Cleveland, Ohio
|
|
473/564
|
February 6, 1894
|
514,420
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
Charles Jacobus
|
New York, New York
|
|
36/59R
|
October 16, 1894
|
527,403
|
Sheet-Metal Shoe Plate or Spike
|
Willard H. Buxton
|
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
|
2/19
|
October 30, 1894
|
528,343
|
Catcher’s Glove
|
Elroy L. Rogers
|
Wakefield, Massachusetts
|
|
2/19
|
March 5, 1895
|
535,178
|
Catcher’s Mitten
|
Adolf Slomka
|
New York, New York
|
|
2/19
|
April 30, 1895
|
538,572
|
Hand-Protection for Ball-Catchers
|
Edward L. Wilson
|
Lanham’s, Maryland
|
|
2/19
|
June 4, 1895
|
540,514
|
Catcher’s Glove
|
Elroy L. Rogers
|
Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
|
2/19
|
June 11, 1895
|
540,631
|
Catcher’s Mitt
|
Albert F. Burtt
|
Ashland, New Hampshire
|
|
273/108.31
|
August 6, 1895
|
544,208
|
Game Apparatus
|
Edward Chace
|
|
|
2/19
|
December 10, 1895
|
550,949
|
Ball-Player’s Glove
|
Anna Burns Decker
|
Keokuk, Iowa
|
|
2/9
|
January 7, 1896
|
552,557
|
Head-Protector
|
Jacob L. Weber
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
273/108.32
|
February 18, 1896
|
554,733
|
Toy Base-Ball Game
|
Joseph Morris Roberts
|
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
|
|
2/9
|
November 17, 1896
|
571,437
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
William Gray
|
Hartford, Connecticut
|
|
273/108.31
|
January 12, 1897
|
575,247
|
Game Apparatus
|
Jerome Godfrey Kiah
|
Sand Beach, Michigan
|
|
2/19
|
March 16, 1897
|
578,842
|
Catcher’s Mitten
|
Aldolf Slomka
|
New York, New York
|
|
273/108.31
|
October 12, 1897
|
591,794
|
Game Apparatus
|
Peter Andriot
|
Bellevue, Kentucky
|
|
273/108.32
|
September 27, 1898
|
611,278
|
Game Apparatus
|
Aden W.
Rich and Frederick R. Freudenweiler
|
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
273/244.1
|
November 8, 1898
|
613,658
|
Game Apparatus
|
William J. Bourke
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
2/19
|
November 8, 1898
|
613,945
|
Base-Ball Glove
|
Benjamin F. Shibe
|
Bala, Pennsylvania
|
|
273/244.1
|
January 3, 1899
|
617,297
|
Ball-Game Apparatus
|
Edward Neely and William M. Bradt
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
2/19
|
April 11, 1899
|
622,733
|
Catcher’s Mitten
|
William Shoot Tompkins
|
New York, New York
|
|
2/9
|
July 11, 1899
|
628,724
|
Base-Ball Mask
|
Burt T. Rogers
|
Springfield,
Massachusetts
|
|
273/108.31
|
November 21, 1899
|
637,549
|
Game Apparatus
|
Franklin J. Engel and Christ F. Hirth
|
Mayville, Wisconsin
|
|
473/602
|
February 6, 1900
|
642,639
|
Playing-Ball
|
Alphonso B. Smith
|
Los Angeles, California
|
|
273/244.1
|
February 20, 1900
|
643,808
|
Game-Board
|
Frank Augustus Brewer, Jr. and Fred Hayes
|
Watsonville,
California
|
|
36/66
|
February 19, 1901
|
668,274
|
Detachable Spike for Shoes
|
Edwin Woodward
|
Garrett, Indiana
|
|
2/19
|
July 9, 1901
|
677,958
|
Base-Ball Mitt
|
Charles H. Dean
|
Brockton, Massachusetts
|
|
36/67R
|
December 2, 1902
|
715,138
|
Spiked Sole for Boots or Shoes
|
George L. Pierce
|
Brookly, New
York
|
|
473/564
|
December 23, 1902
|
716,541
|
Bat
|
John A. Hillerich
|
Louisville, Kentucky
|
|
273/298
|
April 21, 1903
|
726,232
|
Card Game
|
Robert W. Test and Herman Stabler
|
Washington, District of Columbia
|
|
473/564
|
May 5, 1903
|
727,359
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
Charles F. Held
|
St. Louis, Missouri
|
|
473/500
|
May 12, 1903
|
727,633
|
Electric Base-Ball Register
|
John Marshall Humphreys
|
Trenton, Canada
|
|
473/598
|
July 7, 1903
|
732,962
|
Seam for Base-Balls
|
Burt T. Rogers
|
Springfield,
Massachusetts
|
|
473/503
|
March 22, 1904
|
755,209
|
Base-Ball Catcher
|
James E. Bennett
|
Momence, Illinois
|
|
473/564
|
October 4, 1904
|
771,247
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
John A. Hillerich
|
Louisville, Kentucky
|
|
2/19
|
May 9, 1905
|
789,480
|
Base-Ball Glove
|
James Edward Bennett
|
Momence, Illinois
|
| 473/564
|
August 1, 1905
|
795,815
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
Absalom Burrows
|
Philadelpia,
Pennsylvania
|
|
473/564
|
November 21, 1905
|
805,132
|
Base-Ball Bat
|
William F. Gubbins
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
Patents through 1909 will be added in the second edition.
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