Patent Room

An off-road vehicle design for Marco Manufacturing Company of Wheatland, Pa. 1954. Invented by Herbert A. Blenkle.

An observation car with external seating. 1945. Invented by Jane E. Goodykoontz.

Piatti scooters were designed in Italy and produced in Belgium and Great Britain during the 1950s. 1951. Invented by Sanzio Pio Vincenzo Piatti.

A tri-wheeled vehicle with boomerang steering. 1945. Invented by John C. Parkin and Stephen A. Bucholtz.

Motor coach. A piece by influential industrial designer Raymond Loewy, whose works include the 1947 Studebaker Starliner Coupe and a locomotive for the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1938. Invented by Raymond Loewy.

A radiator cap ornament for Studebaker. Here is a photograph. 1927. Invented by Carl C. Mose.

This vehicle is most remarkable for the open seating in the rear and appears to be designed for tours or some intense cocktail parties. 1926. Invented by A. R. Meister.

A radiator cap ornament for the Norlip Company of Chicago. 1929. Invented by Aloysius C Lippert.

Tear drop-shaped automobile. 1935. Invented by Paul M. Lewis.

An automobile radiator ornament for Ternstedt Manufacturing Company. This ornament was used on the 1939 Chevrolet Master De Luxe. 1938. Invented by Bonnie E. Lemm.