Path of Progress

Inventions recently granted patents by the U.S. Patent Office:

P: A cinemansion in which the film is projected on a screen on the ceiling, enabling customers to enjoy the show from reclining seats.*

P: A steelshell which can be slipped over an ordinary auto, making it bulletproof.

P: A Bunyanesque machine which, by means of a cable wound on a winch, pulls trees up by the roots.

P:Vitamin-enriched beer.

P:An automobile headlight with an eyelid, to eliminate all glare by drooping on the approach of another car.

P: Eyebrow tweezers with a small flashlight for a handle.

P: An electric back-washer, consisting of a framework which straddles the bathtub, with an endless scrubbing towel rotating over two rollers, one immersed in the water.

Other inventions announced last week:

P: A warm, light, woolly fabric made of chicken feathers (developed by U.S. Rubber Co.).

P: A pre-salted celery plant produced by treating soil with 1,000 Ibs. of salt per acre before planting (developed by Wisconsin Farmer Nick Engel).

*This is one of the advertised features of Manhattan's new Non-Objective Art Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (TIME, July 23).

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