Patent

Motor Vehicle Chassis

One patent No. 1705705 that was issued to Oliver E. Barthel on March 19, 1929, for a "Motor Vehicle Chassis." The 5-page patent document is printed in black ink on off-white paper and includes 2 pages of technical drawings along with 3 pages of technical details and specifications which describe the invention. The document includes a matching paper cover that has an engraved image of the Patent Office on the front along with a decorative engraved border. The patent issuance form is printed on the front cover in black printed and script text with blank lines that have been completed in black typewritten text. The form has been signed by the Commissioner of Patents, Thomas E. Robertson, in the lower right corner. The pages and cover are all bound together with a narrow blue ribbon on the left edge and the ribbon ends have been glued in place beneath a red embossed seal of the Patent Office which is affixed in the lower left corner of the form. Law Examiner, G. P. Tucker, has signed the form in the lower left corner.

Also included is a cover letter, dated March 22, 1929, from Barthel, Flanders & Barthel of Detroit to Oliver E. Barthel of Detroit. The letter is printed in black typewritten text on white letterhead paper that is watermarked "Sunset Parchment."