What is this

allison86 · May 14, 2016

Dug this up at the park today this park was a Army Fort during the Civil War n Washington State after the Civil War a mental hospital was built there but later moved across the street which is now Western State Mental Hospital it's a big Park I have no idea what this is there is writing on it but it's mostly letters and numbers not words

vhs07 · May 14, 2016

How big is it and what's it made of?

kcm · May 14, 2016

I can't make out the lettering from the pics. Can you pass on what it says line by line?

jewelerguy · May 14, 2016

it is several patent numbers on a piece of cast metal. could be from a toy, a lawn mower, an old carburetor, or just about anything. if you can post a good clear close up of the numbers, we can most likely tell you what it is from

ConceptualizedNetherlandr · May 14, 2016

If you look closely you can see it says 'you have taken the crazy MD'er bait. Now, please go and report to the intake section at the main entrance'

allison86 · May 14, 2016

allison86 · May 14, 2016

I think it's just letters and numbers not words

jeff of pa · May 15, 2016

definitely mostly numbers

the Top says PAT'D

Not sure on the Bottom.
if I had to guess PATS PEND

Bigcypresshunter · May 15, 2016

jeff of pa said:
definitely mostly numbers

the Top says PAT'D

Not sure on the Bottom.
if I had to guess PATS PEND
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Great work Jeff. It appears to be about 7-9 different patent numbers. I think the first 5 numbers start with 15 or 16. For example one number 4th row down, on the right, underlined, looks like patent number 1,507,370. This would be a 1924 patent date. Patent/Date Chart The 6th line down looks like patent dates.

jeff of pa · May 15, 2016

Bigcypresshunter said:
Great work Jeff. It appears to be about 7-9 different patent numbers. I think the first 5 numbers start with 15 or 16. For example one number 4th row down, on the right, underlined, looks like patent number 1,507,370. This would be a 1924 patent date. Patent/Date Chart The 6th line down looks like patent dates.

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Yep, I'd say the 6th line ends 1925,26,27

though the 1925 could be 1923

Bigcypresshunter · May 15, 2016

I think the date I underlined is more likely 1,58*,3*0 that would make it a 1926 patent because the date above it is 1,562,**2 and they are probably sequential.. http://community.pressenter.net/~richard/patent.htm

jeff of pa · May 15, 2016

Bigcypresshunter said:
I think the date I underlined is more likely 1,58*,3*0 that would make it a 1926 patent because the date above it is 1,562,**2 and they are probably sequential.. Patent/Date Chart

I'd guess 158*320

and possible 1,583,320

which I'm not Convinced

http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=...&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

Bigcypresshunter · May 15, 2016

lots of possibilities. maybe 1583320, 1587320. But Im worried that with so many patents, this could be a small unrecognizable item, from a large piece of machinery.
Utility Patents are only good for so many years (maybe 15-20) so we can date the item as late 1920s- 1940s