{"id":5426,"date":"2026-08-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:52:59","slug":"august-9-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5426","title":{"rendered":"August 9, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 9, 1966, U.S. Patent No. D205446 issued on a Building:<\/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\/08\/image-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14.png 522w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building in question was a Zepi&#8217;s Pizza.  Zepi&#8217;s Pizza was a popular family-style pizzeria and local landmark in the Kansas City area that operated for 43 years before closing in 1978. It was a popular location for children&#8217;s birthday parties, featuring a clown mascot, a train, and a merry-go-round for kids&#8217; birthday parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13.png 800w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-13-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, 1966, U.S. Patent No. D205446 issued on a Building: The building in question was a Zepi&#8217;s Pizza. Zepi&#8217;s Pizza was a popular family-style pizzeria and local landmark in the Kansas City area that operated for 43 years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5426\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patent-of-the-day"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","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=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5429,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}