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BEVERAGES, EDIBLES, COMESTIBLES; DIGESTIBLES,SUGGESTIBLES, AND ANTIDOTE FOR ANY BEVERAGE

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE10,000,000

BEVERAGES, EDIBLES, COMESTIBLES, DlGESTIBLES, SUGGESTIBLES,AND ANTIDOTE FOR ANY BEVERAGE.

Thomas Midgley~e;-Jr.,E. Willard JensenWatson Davis, Robert PotterAlden H. Emery, Jack Evans

Application July 4, 1936, Serial No. 00

6 Claims

refer first to the beverage or cocktail of the aforementioned patent. For complete description thereof,reference should be had - to the above-mentionedpatent.

For convenience it may be noted here that the 5tonic L, a hair tonic and comprises 40% harmlessdistilled best corn whiskey, 20% port wine, 25% ripeblack currants, 10% water, substantiallypure, and 5%sugar.

For the further convenience of those participating 10in the dinner, a greatly reduced reproduction of thepatent is affixed to the hair tonic containers designatedin the drawings. A magnifying instrument shown at 4in the drawings, known as Methyl Methacrylate Polymer, is a most modern synthetic substance, which may 15be used to sufficiently enlarge the reproduction to makeit clearly legible by placing the Methyl MethacrylatePolymer element over the surface of the reduced patent.

On pages herein and forming a part hereof andentitled "Menu" and "Program" are respectively 20listed the physical elements comprising the dinner ashereinafter described, and the Incidents throughwhich the aesthetic objects are accomplished. .

It is recognized that such a novel and uniquedinner as comprises our present invention must 'beserved in an appropriate environment. The necessityfor the aesthetics being coordinated. and cooperating. 30with the dinner is to be fully met by the provisions ofthe following- elements and conditions to which thesenses of 'touch, sight and hearing are responsive,namely:

That there shall be _created a consciousness of great 35enjoyment and appeal 'to-the artistic sense continuouslythroughout the processes of mastication and incipientingestion of said dinner, as is more fully hereinafterdescribed.

It is further essential that aesthetic effects and pleas- 40ant consciousness be important in the effective operation of ·the dinner as an antidote for _the aforesaid hairtonic and other beverages.

In the course of, and during the dinner,it is recognized that the atmosphere should be that of free and 45congenial spirits, appreciating' the momentous occasion and event of this dinner in .the comfortable andeven luxurious surroundings, the sense of smell andsight and the appeal to the ear shall become instruments leading to impressions of enjoyment and merri- 50ment having particular coordinated relations with theseveral courses in -their order.

GENERAL OBJECTS

The primary and outstanding object ofthis inventionis" to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary

5 of the present patent system and to bring to theattention of all men the continuous progress since theestablishment of the system one hundred years ago tothe present time, the undreamed-of improvement inhuman welfare, happiness, convenience and safety,

10 general improvement of all living conditions andbenefits to civilization.

SPECIFIC OBJECTS

15 It is one of the essential objects of the inventionto provide a combination of edible and palatablematerials according to the following description whichcomprises an elaborate, enjoyable and fully effectivenew and novel patentable aggregation.

20 Further: the present combination of edibles, digestibles, comestibles, beverages and suggestibles isto provide a gastronomically enjoyable and thoroughlydigestible combination sufficient to appease theappetite of the hungriest and most voracious guest at

2;5 this dinner.A further specific object is to compose, provide and

deliver under proper circumstances a combination ofgastronomically delectable units which shall be sufficiently dainty and tasty to whet the most jaded

30 appetite; and to meet and fulfill all the tests, tastesand requirements of any and all noted connoisseurs.

It being understood that a patented tonic number'939~43i is to be used as a beverage, it follows it shallbe essential to the welfare, health and happiness of

35 those 'partaking of the dinner that the dinner shallconstitute an antidote for said tonic.

A fuller 'understanding of our novel and uniquedinner combined with its associated accessories andelements may be had from the following description

40 which has reference to the accompanying drawingsand which is definitely summarized in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings:45 Figure 1 is a graphic illustration of the toute en-

semble of the setting for this dinner;Figures 2 t06 are detailed illustrations of the ele

ments, the diners 'and impressions thereof.Referring to the drawings 'and to the elements

50 of liquids, solids, and semi-solids to be firstphysically and later chemically combined for thehealth, welfare and enjoyment" of -the diners, we shall

AESTHETIC OBJECTS 25

Patent No. 1,969,730BIRD!l EYE eor CORN

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MENU

Patent No. 939,431FRIEDRICH WILHELM HAIR TONIC

Patent No. 1,936,074BIRDS EYE LOBSTER MEAT COCKTAIL

Patent No. 1,936,074CONSOMME-FROM BIRDS EYE BEEl!'

Patent No. 1,936,074BIRDS EYE FILET OF RED PERCH

Patent Applied For", YE OLl>E 'PAT' PENDING" SHERRY

Patent No. 1,936,074BllUlS EYE ROAST TURKEY

Plant Patent No. 47PECAN DRESSING

Patent No. 1,955,484BIRDS EYE LIMA BEANS

Patent No. 1,955,484BIRDS EYE SQUASH

Patent No. 1,775,549BIRDS EYE RASPBEll;Il,Y PUREE

Patent No. 1,999,135CIGARS

Patent No. 1,955,484BIROS EYE ASPARAGUS TIP SALAD

Patents Nos. 1,810,740 and 1,775,549MELOll;OL ICE CREAM AND BIRDS EYE STRAWBBIUUES

Patent No. 1,985,883MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE

Patent No. 1,555,580CIGA~ETTES

Patents Nos. 1,810,740 and 1,775,549MELOROL ICE CREAM AND BIRDS EYE STRAWBERRIES

MAXWELL HOUSE C6FFEl: CIGAAETTES

BIRDS EYE LIMA BEANS

Patent No. 1,555,580


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BIRDS EYE RMIPllERll,Y PUREE


PECAN DRESSING

MENU

BUDS EYE ROAST TVll.KEY

BIRDS EYE FILET OF RED PERCH

FRIEDRICH WILHELM HAIR TONIC

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Patent No. 939,431

CONSOMME-FROM BIRDS EYE BEE~

BIRDS EYE LOBSTER MEAT COCKTAIL

BliUlS EYE ASPAl!.AGUS. TIP SALAD

Patent Applied For"YE oLDE 'PAT'. PENDING" SHERRY

Plant Patent No. 47







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PROGRAMoM

Toastmaster

DR. CHARLES F. KETTERING

TABLEAU

The Spirit of '76Fort Myer Band

Parade of Inventions

One Hundred Years Ago

The Spirit of 1936The Hammond Organ

THE "PATENTED" DINNER

SPEAKERS

HON. CONWAY P. COEThe Commissioner oj Patents


RADIO SALUTE TO THE PATENT CENTENNIAL

DR. CHARLES F. KETTERINGHON. CONWAY P. COEHoN. DANIEL C. ROPER

The Secretary oj Commerce

"The Voice From the Sky"A tribute to inventive genius

"What Hath God Wrought?"

MR. R. B. WHITE sendingDR. CHARLES F. KETTERING receiving

Original Morse instrument through courtesy. of the Cornell University

" Let Us Not Forget"THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Recording through courtesy of Thomas A. Edison, Inc-

"The Next Hundred Years"


PATENT OFFICE SOCIETY DANCE

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AR.RANGEMENTS AND DECOR.ATIONS

It will be noted that as a part of the appeal to thevisual appreciation and the aesthetic sense, and having

5 to do with the stimulation of the ingestion, there willbe in attendance notables and decorations arrangedas follows:

At the head: or speakers' table, places will he provided for prominent guests.

10 Members of the National Committee will act as' hostsat the various tables throughout the banquet Hall.

A special table will be provided for twenty representative contemporary inventors of this country.These gentlemen have been chosen by lot to occupy this

15 place of high honor.By use of RCA radio facsimile transmission, we

make it possible for each guest at the speakers' andinventors' 'tables to "have a facsimile reproduction ofthe signature of each of these representative inventors,

20 Each of the technical societies) represented in theNational Committee) who carryon in order that allof us may enjoy greater comfort and happiness, is tobe provided with tables for its members.

Other tables shall be provided for distinguished25 representatives of the Government, the industrial

world, the patent profession, inventors, and the public.In accordance with provisions 1) 2, and 4 under

"Aesthetic Objects," a contrast will be made betweenlighting of one hundred years ago and of to-day.

30 Illumination provisions have been: made. under thesupervision of the General Electric Company toillustrate some of the progress that has been made inlight sources and the lighting art. The're will beincorporated lighting for good seeing and .for decorative

35 and architectural features. Light will be given smoothmobility through the means of Thyratron Tube control.

Some recent revolutionary developments in lightsources are to be utilized. They promise to enlargeand enrich the lighting art. There is, for example, the

40 new mercury lamp in which an arc of 85 watts and'upwards is discharged in a tiny capillary tube producinglight with an efficiency of three and one-half times asgreat as that of incandescent lamps and a very highintrinsic brightness. Another of the novel light

45 sources is still under development in the laboratoriesof the Mazda lamp manufacturers. The new source

'makes available a rich spectrum of colored lightproduced at efficiencies many times that of formersources.

50 The decorative and architectural lighting ..willnecessarily be designed only to supplement the existingdecoration of the banquet hall. The ornaments on thelarge columns will, for example) be tinted in luminouscolor. The smaller columns support the decorative

55 reflectors which will provide the general illumination.The balcony railing will appear as a pattern againsta colorful background of light. None of these arrangements will obtrude before the proper moment arrivesfor turning the pages of history from the past to thepresent.

The speakers' table will be made the center of interestin the scheme; behind it will be mounted the seal 'of thePatent Office.

On either side of this central panel two Americanflags will appear in highlight. 5

Flanking the flags representations of ten importantinventions will. appear in bright outline in a field. ofglowing color. New light sources will be used for theirprojection.

One of the panels behind the speakers' table will 10contain, a Douglas Airliner - cab, with partition removed, as seen from the passengers' cabin.

We provide for decorative table lighting as followsThe original crystal gazing .ball and the Methyl

Methacrylate Polymer' gazing ball shall be mounted 1.5on bases with 'illumination provided below, therebygiving an interesting and spectacular effect.

We provide further decorations; to wit':Maple veneer table pads for the inventors' table;

numerous small models of inventions; patented flowers 20and plants; attractive Beetle cigarette boxes; use-ful Bakelite cigar· and cigarette holders and MethylMethacrylate Polymer magnifying glasses for eachguest.

It is of great importance and is to be noted that 2Sphysical substances, to be served by efficient andhighly-trained waiters in the above-described atmosphere and environment are patented-each andevery item) beginning with the hair tonic beveragefor which the patented elements: of"the main body of 30this newly invented dinner are to become an' antidote~s well as to accomplish the aforesaid objects.

Having thus described the physical and aestheticcharacteristics which in combined form go to make upthe essence and spirit of the present invention, what we 35claim is:

1. A dinner in commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the American Patent System.

402. A dinner comprising beverages and edibles

and aesthetic effects, all of which are patented.

3. A dinner compnsmg patented beverages,patented edibles and comestibles, aesthetic effects 45produced by patented devices appealing simultaneously to the human senses of taste, sight, smell andhearing;

4. A dinner having all of the foregoing novel and 50unique characteristics substantially as shown,described and enjoyed.

S. A dinner as aforesaid attended by great men.worthy notables) and contributors to public welfare. 55

6. A dinner the claims for which are so specific thatwe have no fear of infringement.

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE

HaN. DANIEL C. ROPER. Honorary ChairmanDR~ CHARLES' F. KETTERING" C~air,!!an \

COL. EDGAr- S. GORRELL, President.' - ADMIRAL v\'ILLIAM H. STANDLEY, President,Air Transport Association of America American Society of Naval Engineers

DR. E. G. CONKLIN, President., MR. A~NO C. FIELDNER. P~~siden-',

Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science American Society for Testing 'MaterialsDEAN ANDREY A. POTTER, 'President, MR. D~NA D. ~ARNUM, President,' ,

American Engineering Council American Standards AssociationDR. EDWARD BARTOW, 'President, Mn. HARPER' SIBLEY, President,

American Chemical Soeie~y Chamber of Commerce of the United StatesMR. MARTIN H. hTNER,l?resident, DR. ,DUNCAN A'. MAcINNES, President.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Electrochemical SocietyMR. RUDOLF E. HELMUND, DR. FRANK R.LII.LIE, President,

American Institute of Electrical.Engineers National AcadeJllY ofSciencesMR. WALTE~,S. TOWER.,~xecutif)eS:cretary , MR. COLBY, M. CHESTER, President;

American Iron and Steel Institute National Association, of ManufacturersDR. FLOYD K. RICHTMYER,President. BRIGADIER-GENERAL 'CHARLES. W. Kura, President,

American Physical S~ciety, , Society of American Military EngineersMR. DANIEL W. MEAD, President. MR. ~ALPH R. TEETOR, President,

American Society of CIvil Engineers Societyof Automotive EngineersMR. WILLIAM L 'l3ATT, ,P.r.esident,

American Society ofMechanical Engineers

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oted that 25.ient andd atmosach andbeverage

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aesthetic'make upwhat we 35

DR. EDWIN H. ARMSTRONG

DR.. LEO H. BAEKELAND

DR. LYMAN r BRIGGS

MR. PAUL BROCKETT

MR. Jo BAiLY BROWN

HON. CONWAY P. COE

DR. WIL'UAM D. COOLIDGE

HON. 'HOMER S. CUMMINGS

DR. LE'E DEFoREST

HON. ERNEST G. DRAPER

MR. LAMMOT DUPONT

MR. CARLETON -ELLIS

MR. WALTER S.' GIFFORD

MR.' W. A. HARRI'MAN

MR. WILL~AM A. IRVIN'DR. FRAN~'B. JEWETT

MR. ARTHUR F. KWIS

MR. SIMON LAKE

DR. Invrxc LANGMUIR

MR. ALVAN T. MACAULEY

HON. WILLIAM G. McADOO

DR. C. E. KENNETH MEES

MR. ALEXANDER McL. NICOLSON

MR. GEORGE RAMSEY'

DR. HARVEY C. 'RENTSCHLER

MR. IGOR 1. SIKORSKY

HaN. WIL'LIA~ 'I:' SIRciviCH

MR. GERARD' SWOPE

MR; THOMAS J. WATSON

MR. ORVILLE WRIGHT

DR. VLADIMIR ~C Z\V'ORYKIN

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MR. THOMAS MIDGLEY, JR., ChairmanMR. E. WILI.ARD JENSEN, Vice ChairmanMR. WATSON DAVIS

MR. ALDEN H. EMERY

MR. JACK EVANS

MR. ROBERT D. POTTER"

PROGRAM COMMI1TEE

MR. \VATSON DAVIS, ChairmanDR. C. G. ABBOT

MR. W. W. BUFFUM

DR. L. W. CHUBB

DR. W. D. COOLIDGE

DR. F. G. COTTRELL

MR. FREDERICK M. FElKER

DR. H. E. HOWE

MR. ERNEST F. KLINGE

MR. L. F. LIVINGSTON

DR. E. R. WElDLEIN

MR. CARLISLE P. \VINSLOW

DR. LUDVIG HEKTOEN

ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE

MR. E. WILLARD JENSEN, ChairmanMR. ANDREW W. CRUSE

MR•. JOHN J. DARBY

DR. E. H. KILLHEFFER

MR. LAWRENCE LANGNER

MR. HERMAN H. LIND

MR. Jl.;STIN W. MACKLIN

MR. HERBERT L. PETTEY

MR. HARRYC. ROBS

MR. LEWIS W. WATERS

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

MR. ROBERT D., POTTER, ChairmanDR. OTIS CALDWELL

MR. LAURENCE V. COLEMAN

MR. HARRY DANIELS

MR. FRANKLIN DUNHAM

MR. JAMES T. GRADY

MR. CHESTER MCCALL

MR. JOE MORRiSON

MR. E. R. ,MURROW

MR. GEORGE W. STIMPSON

MR. JOHN W. STUDEBAKER

The undersigned, owners of rights under United States Letters Patent, in con-·sideration of the giving of a Patent Centennial Celebration in Washington, D. c.,on November 23, 1936, and a dinner as a part of this celebration, hereby assign to theExecutive Committee of the Patent Centennial Celebration the right to use thesepatented inventions and the right to license others to use these inventions at thisPatent Centennial Dinner:

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LICENSING AGREEMENT

II Eclipse," "Countess," "yandal/J "Signora," andII Roman Glory" Roses. . JACKSON AND PERKINS COMPANY

II Texas Centennial" Rose. . DrXIERoSE NURSERY

· GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

· THE CONARD-PYLE COMPANY

· TEXAS NURSERY COMPANY

· THE BORDEN COMP'ANY(VOGT PROCESSES" INc.)

· OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY

· BAKELITE CORPORATION

· AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY

· THOMAS A. EDISON, INC.

· CORNELL UNIVERSITY

· RADIO CORPORATION ,OF AMERICA

· ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY

· ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY

· EASTERN AIR LINES

· EASTERN AIRLINES

· THE WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT

CORPORATION

· WM. H. BRAKE

· GEORGE B. HART

· Jos. H. HILL COMPANY

· MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDENS

· TRAENDLY AND SCHENCK, INC.

· THOMAS J. WOLFE

· LITTLEFIELD-WYMAN NURSERIES

· E. 1. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY




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"Azaleamums .,

Birds Eye Foods GENERAL FOODS CORPORATIONLobster, Beef Consomme, Perch, TurkeyLima Beans, Squash, Asparagus, Cut CornRaspberry Puree, StrawberriesMaxwell House Coffee

Electric Lighting and Fixtures .....

Methyl Methacrylate Polymer Gazing Ball

Methyl Methacrylate Polymer Magnifying Glasses

Chloroprene Rubber Case

Cel-O-Glass . . .

Melorcl Ice Cream

Pecans .....

H Mary Hart" Rose

" Better Times J, Rose

"St. Louis" Lily. . .

"Mrs. F r..nklin D. Roosevelt" Rose

"Forward March" Rose, "Texas Cold" Rose.

"Orchid Beauty" Carhation. . . . . . . .

Hair Tonic Bottles

Bakelite Cigar and Cigarette Holders.

Beetle Boxes .

Record "Let Us Not Forget"

Original Morse Instrument

R.C.A. Facsimiles

R.C.A. Phonograph

Hammond Organs

Douglas Airliner .

Douglas Airliner Cab.

Photo-electric Cell

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THE WINTON MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPANY

NOR IS 1936 THE END.

Pays this splendid compliment to the meritof Winton Cars:

u We 41:6 grcf!,tly pleased with our new. Winton. Fromthe very start it has done its work and never falledtfs. There ·may be. improvements yet to come even insttck autos, hut it is diffiadt to see muck room fOY them."

Mr. Carnegie's car is a Model B Winton Limousine, 24-30 H. P. It differsin no respect from our standard specifications. Its exact duplicate can bepurchased by you at the same price Mr. Carnegie paid-$3500. All Win.ton 190smodels are of the same high quality, differing only in horsepower-and seating capacity. Prices $1800 to $4500.

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