Details
North and South American Patents and other documents
USA - 'Raylo (Game)', with drawings and text, 9th April 1912, 'Toy or Educational Device' - US Patent for original Mechanics Made Easy as per UK Patent of 30th November 1901, with drawings and text, 16th January 1906, Control System track, with drawings, blueprints, text and detailed Patent Petition, 19th October 1926, 'Belt Fasteners', drawings and text, 1st July 1913, and US Circuit Court of Appeals judgement for Hornby in case versus Francis Wagner, producer of The American Model Builder, 21st December, 1917; Canada - couplings and plates, 'Perforated Metal Flanged Plates For Use in the Construction of Working Models or Toys', 21st October 1913 and 'Couplings or the Like Devices for Shafts, Rods, Axles or the Like', 16th June 1914, both with drawings and text and signed by Frank Hornby, 'Toy or Educational Device', crane drawings and typed text, 9th December 1902; Mexico - trademark registration, 5th March 1929; with an Argentinian patent to Francis Wagner, appelant in above US law-suit, with drawings and text, 9th August 1915 (G) (10)
USA - 'Raylo (Game)', with drawings and text, 9th April 1912, 'Toy or Educational Device' - US Patent for original Mechanics Made Easy as per UK Patent of 30th November 1901, with drawings and text, 16th January 1906, Control System track, with drawings, blueprints, text and detailed Patent Petition, 19th October 1926, 'Belt Fasteners', drawings and text, 1st July 1913, and US Circuit Court of Appeals judgement for Hornby in case versus Francis Wagner, producer of The American Model Builder, 21st December, 1917; Canada - couplings and plates, 'Perforated Metal Flanged Plates For Use in the Construction of Working Models or Toys', 21st October 1913 and 'Couplings or the Like Devices for Shafts, Rods, Axles or the Like', 16th June 1914, both with drawings and text and signed by Frank Hornby, 'Toy or Educational Device', crane drawings and typed text, 9th December 1902; Mexico - trademark registration, 5th March 1929; with an Argentinian patent to Francis Wagner, appelant in above US law-suit, with drawings and text, 9th August 1915 (G) (10)
Literature
See The Meccano System and the Special Purpose Meccano Sets, Bert Love and Jim Gamble, New Cavendish Books, pp. 9 to 16 for early patents and p.50 for law-suit against Francis Wagner