On September 2, 1902, Aaron Levaur received U.S. Patent No. D36,039 on a Paper or Draping Weight:

Can you identify the three men depicted? Here is a not-so-helpful hint: One used to be on the $20 bill. One was on a recently discontinued coin. One used to be on the $500 bill.

They are three presidents who died in Office McKinley (left), Lincoln (center) and Garfield (right).

On September 1, 1959, Carl F. Peterson received U.S. Patent No. D186030 on a Rocket Toy Bank:

The patent was assigned to Duro Mold and Manufacturing, Inc., and was just one of a series of space-age banks produced by the company. This particular bank was manufactured and marketed as the Destination Moon bank:

Another popular bank in the series as the Strato: