{"id":4389,"date":"2024-12-04T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:52:01","slug":"december-4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4389","title":{"rendered":"December 4, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 4, 1894, Nicholas H. Borgfeldt received U.S. Patent No. 530219 on an Apparatus for Aerial Navigation:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-5.png 537w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-5-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This was not Nicholas&#8217; first foray in the field of aeronautics, he received U.S. Patent No. 411779 on a Flying Machine on October 1, 1889:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png 593w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is not clear whether either of these inventions got off the ground, but Nicholas also worked in other fields, patenting a Fire Escape in 1882 (U.S. Patent No. 267,399):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png 573w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> and a cigar bunching machine (U.S. Patent No. 331,676), which was actually litigated, albeit not successfully:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8.png 550w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 4, 1894, Nicholas H. 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