A. D. 1890, No. 11,448. "Improvements in Devices applicable for Lifting and Taking Down Boxes in Stores and analogous places." "A communication from abroad by Hugo Bessel Platen and William Esley Bennett, both of Savannah, County of Chatham, State of Georgia, United States of America

"... do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: The object of this invention is to provide convenient means of taking down and putting up boxes in stores and analogous situations without requiring a step-ladder. It is intended more especially for paste-board boxes of considerable depth and containing light materials, as ruffles, laces, and the like..."

3 pages of text + 1 drawings. It has a stamp for the Patent Office Nottingham on the last page of the text.

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