July 15, 2026, Patent of the Day

On July15, 1913, Adam S. Landis received U.S. Patent No. D44343

The subject of Adam’s sign is a rebus — a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters.; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

So can you solve Landis’ rebus? The title of the patent is clue if you are stumped.