Patent information:

Patent:Utility 218,708
Patented:August 19, 1879
Applied:November 1, 1878
Title:Improvement in Lightning Conductors
Description:Lightning rod supported by four twisted metal legs
Category:Lightning Rod
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

CAIN, George W. Newport, NH

Class and subclass information:

Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:2LIGHTNING PROTECTION;
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:152VERTICAL STRUCTURE WITH BRACE, OR GUY, EXTENDING DIAGONALLY TO A BASE Spaced or angularly related braces;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:4RAIR TERMINALS;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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