{"id":3655,"date":"2024-03-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2024-03-02T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T01:54:33","slug":"patently-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3655","title":{"rendered":"Patently Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the earliest references to Easter in the patent collection is U.S. Patent No. 1,234,939 on a Carrier for Eggs, which issued July 31, 1917. (The earliest reference was just a few months in April 1917, on a perpetual calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 1,269,169 issued nearly a year later on a Carton “adapted to contain candy Easter eggs.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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On July 13, 2020, U.S. Patent No. 1,356,658 issued on an Advertising Specialty with an Easter theme:<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 1,484,796 issued February 26, 1924, on an Egg Laying Toy:<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. D64293 issued March 18, 1924, on a Candy Easter Egg:<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. D64292 issued the same day on another Candy Easter Egg:<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. D64291 issued on another Candy Easter Egg:<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. D64,290 issued on another Candy Easter Egg:<\/p>\n\n\n

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And U.S. Patent No. D64289 issued on a Candy Easter Egg:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finally (for this post) U.S. Patent No. 1,516,718 issued on a Novelty Toy in “the shape of an Easter egg” and we are only up to 1924.<\/p>\n\n\n

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