On February 10, 1948, Edwin H. Land was issued U.S. Patent No. 2,435,720 on the Polaroid “Land” Camera.

Once the standard for instant photography, it has been supplanted by digital cameras, and more recently cell phone cameras.

On February 9, 1909, Pasquale Nigro was issued U.S. Patent No. 912,152 on a fire escape.

While it would no doubt save you from fire, its ability to protect you from gravity is much less certain.

On February 8, 1881, Louis C. Tiffany was issued U.S. Patent No. 237,416 on a Glass Tile, Mosaic, Etc.:

On February 7, 1984, Timothy G. Zell was issued U.S. Patent No. 4,429, 685 on a Surgical Procedure.

The surgical procedure was a “method of forming a unicorned animal having what is thought to be a higher mental capacity and greater physical capabilities.”

On February 6, 1934, William D. Coolidge was issued U.S. Patent No. 1,946,312 on an X-Ray Tube, for creating x-rays for medical imaging at lower voltages:

On February 5, 1974, Raymond Damadian was issued U.S. Patent No. 3,789,832 on Apparatus and Method for Detecting Cancer in Tissue — MRI imaging for the detection of cancer.

On February 4, 1941, Roy J. Plunkett, was issued U.S. Patent No. 2,230,654 on Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers (the material branded as TEFLON

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On February 3, 1948, E.W. Ingram, Sr. was issued U.S. Patent No. 2,435,355 on a Package Construction (the White Castle hamburger package):

On February 2, 1971, actor Steve T. McQueen was issued U.S. Patent No. D219813 on a Bucket Seat Shell:

On February 1, 1938, Luther Burbank was posthumously issued U.S. Patent D269 on a rose: