Re: 1936 Packard 120 Trunk Rack and Trunk

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/12/24 9:58:47

A bit of trivia perhaps, but Packard filed for (6/15/35) and obtained (11/8/38) a U.S. patent for that trunk arrangement. Inventor was R. J. Thomas and the patent was assigned to the Packard Motor Car Co. The delay between application and granting was often manipulated (delayed as much as possible) by the inventor because when granted, patent protection was afforded from the filing date, and the longer you delayed it, the longer the filing was not publicly available.

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