The Padlock Patent Archive

Three centuries of keeping things shut

Patented May 12, 1868

If an object in your hands says PAT. MAY 12, 1868, it may be one of these.

PatentTitleInventorOf
US 77,723IMPROVEMENT IN HASP-LOCKSJoseph S. ElliottPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
US 77,740IMPROVEMENT IN PADLOCKSFrank F. LandisLancaster, Pennsylvania

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