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They Invented What? (No. 72)

Posted in They Invented What? by Jake Ward on November 7, 2007

U.S. Pat. No. 1,142,326:  Combined scarecrow and advertising device.

 scarecrow

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: — 

1.  A scare crow comprising a horizontal bar pivoted upon an upright axis, a vane thereon whereby the bar will be turned around its pivot by the wind, and a garment hanger carried by said bar.