{"id":5398,"date":"2026-07-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:27:27","slug":"july-30-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5398","title":{"rendered":"July 30, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 30, 1963, U.S. Patent No. 195,756 issued to Joseph O. Tally on a Sign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-70.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-70.png 544w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-70-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sign was actually constructed, in Mr. Tally&#8217;s home town, and marked the location of Tallywood shopping center:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-71.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-71.png 372w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-71-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The sign, a tribute to mid-century modern design, stands today at 235 Tallywood Shopping Center, Fayetteville, NC (GPS coordinates: (35.046429, -78.931925).  Sources indicate that William Baron was the designer of the sign, so it may be that Mr. Tally&#8217;s only contribution to the sign was his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 30, 1963, U.S. Patent No. 195,756 issued to Joseph O. Tally on a Sign: The sign was actually constructed, in Mr. Tally&#8217;s home town, and marked the location of Tallywood shopping center: The sign, a tribute to mid-century &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5398\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patent-of-the-day","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5401,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5398\/revisions\/5401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}