{"id":5450,"date":"2026-08-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:06:20","slug":"august-13-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5450","title":{"rendered":"August 13, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On August 13, 1889, Samuel L. Allen received U.S. Patent No. 408681 on a Sled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was no ordinary sled — it was the Flexible Flyer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Leeds Allen, born May 5, 1841, was the was the founder of S.L. Allen & Company of Philadelphia. He invented the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment. Allen was awarded nearly 300 patents for a wide range of farming machinery, including the fertilizer drill, seed drill, potato digger, cultivator, furrower, pulverizer, grass edger and many other farm implements. To provide year-round employment for his workers producing farm equipment, Allen sought to create a winter product. His interest in sledding led him to invent and patent a series of sleds and sled improvements, including U.S. Patent No. 381,655, dated April 24, 1888, and U.S. Patent No. 797,165, dated August 15, 1905.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Leeds Allen, born May 5, 1841, was the was the founder of S.L. Allen & Company of Philadelphia. He invented the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment. Allen was awarded nearly 300 patents for a wide range of farming machinery, including the fertilizer drill, seed drill, potato digger, cultivator, furrower, pulverizer, grass edger and many other farm implements. To provide year-round employment for his workers producing farm equipment, Allen sought to create a winter product. His interest in sledding led him to invent and patent a series of sleds and sled improvements, including U.S. Patent No. 381,655, dated April 24, 1888, and U.S. Patent No. 797,165, dated August 15, 1905.<\/p>\n\n\n

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