Typewriter Patent Socks

• National Archives Store Exclusive
• Made in U.S.A.
• Adult size
  
• 70% cotton, 28% polyester, 2% elastic
• Machine wash cool, inside out, tumble dry low

• Product Description

• These are the perfect socks for typewriter enthusiasts. Surely Tom Hanks must be sporting some under his special occasion tuxedo! A National Archives Store exclusive, these American-made typewriter patent socks are a lot of fun. While you're wearing them, you may faintly hear the ding of a bell and the sound of the carriage return as you walk along.

The Patent Act of 1790 established the rules for submitting a patent application; each patent application had to be submitted with specifications, a patent drawing, and, if possible, a model of the invention. Eventually, models were no longer required. The Patent Act aimed to encourage innovation and industrial progress and served to protect inventors’ rights as new technologies were developed.

There are currently over four and a half million patent case files and associated records held by the National Archives.