Patent information:

Patent:Utility 401,343
Patented:April 16, 1889
Applied:March 15, 1888
Title:Electric Wire Nail
Description:U-shaped wire nail that is round at the top to protect the wooden covering over the wire. (see article 12125)
Category:Nail
Assigned to:1/2 to Madison Rush

Patentee Information:

GILDEMEYER, Charles A. Haddonfield, NJ

Class and subclass information:

Class:411EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER
Subclass:470IMPACT DRIVEN FASTENER, E.G., NAIL, SPIKE, TACK, ETC. Multiple prong, e.g., nailing plate, staple, etc. Having prongs of different length;
Class:256FENCES
Subclass:48WIRE Connections Cross;
Class:411EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER
Subclass:920STAPLE;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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