Football Canvas Patent Print Online

This sporty 1938 football with simulated lacing patent, printed on canvas with archival ink, is a touchdown and win for your office, game room, and home. It is finished with a distressed vintage effect bringing character and atmosphere.

A play or game ball comprising a body portion and raised portions thereon in the form of a simulated lacing simulating the appearance and feel of an actual lacing to aid in gripping the ball for passing or throwing . . . all strains exerted by or through the lacing raised portions as in gripping the ball being transmitted directly to the body, said covering surface layer being free from such strain. –Milton B Reach. Filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office January 14, 1938.

The patent act of 1790 established the rules for submitting a patent application. Each 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 National Archives holds nearly three million patent case files from 1836-1956.