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Sweet Pink Crabapples Patent Sparks Holiday Mischief
Frederick C Othman reports on novelty patent ideas from 1940s inventors. Hanson of Brookings has a crabapple tree yielding sweet pink fruit, Rector of San Leandro sold coconut meat extractors, Clinton J Davidson of San Diego sells a pull‑sign brooch, Chandler and Ewing of Salem and Peabody offer an automatic window opener, and Avery Cochran of the U S Army designs a toboggan with brakes to prevent crashes.
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Frederick C
Othman
Washington
Carl A. Hanson
Brookings
Hanson
U. S. Patent Office
Davidson
Daniel L. Chandler
Salem
Mass
George W. Ewing
Peabody
Chandler-Ewing
Avery M. Cochran
U. S. Army
Colorado Springs
Colo