Patent information:
| Patent: | Utility 11,217 |
| Patented: | July 4, 1854 |
| Applied: | |
| Title: | Improvement in Lightning Rods for Vessels |
| Description: | Lightning rod system tied to the ship's masts and grounded to the copper sheathing on the hull |
| Category: | Lightning Rod |
| Assigned to: |
Patentee Information:
| FORBES, Robert B. | Boston, MA |
Class and subclass information:
| Class: | 174 | ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS |
| Subclass: | 2 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION; |
| Class: | 114 | SHIPS |
| Subclass: | 90 |
Known specimens:
| None known |
Drawings:
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