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imperialbari wrote:And the alleged purpose of this design would be what?

Klaus

Ace wrote:

imperialbari wrote:And the alleged purpose of this design would be what?

Klaus

The purpose is clearly stated in the ClipArt ad.

ad wrote:May 24, 1932.

R. P. DOUGHERTY

SOUSAPHONE Filed Feb. 27, 1932

Des. 87,001

CXd*t

Patented May 24, 1932

Des. 87,001

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

RALPH P. DOUGHERTY, OP PORTLAND, OREGON

DESIGN FOR A SOtTSAPHONE
Application filed February 27,1932. Serial Ha. 43,018. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom -it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ealph P. Dougherty, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for Sousaphone, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the article, showing my new design.

Fig. 2 is a rear view.

Fig. 3 is a front view.

I claim:

The ornamental design for a sousaphone, as shown.

EALPH P. DOUGHERTY

GPT wrote:The purpose is stated in the ClipArt ad, not that patent drawing.

David Richoux wrote:

GPT wrote:The purpose is stated in the ClipArt ad, not that patent drawing.

That was not really an "Ad" - just a blurb with photo in a Popular Mechanics magazine of the day. Does anybody know if there was any production past the original prototype?

The wording in a typical Patent Application is very unusual - certain things cannot be said, and what IS said has very particular structure and rules to follow. There are specialists for both the text and drawings - I have worked with a few on some projects, but I never could figure out why so many of the drawings look so bad!