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Mary Beatrice Kenner - Bathroom tissue holder

Mary Beatrice Kenner - Bathroom tissue holder

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Black history inventors are listed alphabetically: use the A to Z index bar to navigate and select or just browse the many listings. Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date the patent was issued, and a description of the invention as written by the inventor. If available, links are provided to in-depth articles, biographies, illustrations and photos on each individual inventor or patent. How to submit to the database.

J < Keelan to Knox > L

Harry Sanderlin Keelan

  • #1,783,334, 12/2/1930, Colloidal silver iodide compound and method of preparing same

George W Kelley

  • #592,591, 10/26/1897, Steam table

Kenneth C Kelly

  • #3,063,049, 11/6/1962, Linearly polarized monopulse lobing antenna having cancellation of cross-polarization components in the principal lobe

Lawrence Randolph Kelly

  • #3,505,483, 4/7/1970, Programmable external dial operating device

Beatrice Kenner

  • #2,745,406, 5/15/1956, Sanitary belt

Mary Beatrice Kenner

  • #3,957,071, 5/18/1976, Carrier attachment for invalid walkers
  • #4,354,643, 10/19/1982, Bathroom tissue holder
  • #4,696,068, 9/29/1987, Shower wall and bathtub mounted back washer

James King

  • #1,661,122, 2/28/1928, Combination cotton thinning and cultivating machine

John G King

  • #3,289,194, 11/29/1966, Power line sensing appliance theft alarm

Lawrence Howland Knox

  • #2,506,458, 5/2/1950, Production of arecoline
  • #2,647,081, 7/28/1953, Photochemical preparation of tropilidenes

William J Knox Jr.

  • #3,038,804, 6/12/1962, Coating aids for gelatin compositions
  • #3,306,749, 2/18/1967, Gelatin coating compositions
  • #3,539,352, 11/10/1970, Coating aids for hydrophilic colloid layers of photographic elements

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