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In his December 16, 1889 patent application for a

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Tether

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Clem Bailey of Kinston,

North Carolina claimed

―

An animal-tether consisting of a screw portion, the rod

provided with means for attachment to the animal, and a coiled spring connected at one

end to the screw portion and the other to the rod...

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U. S. Patent No. 429,111 was issued

to him June 3, 1890.

Tent Stakes

On January 31, 1905 Thomas Morris of Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand was

granted U. S. Patent Number 781,221 for a

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Tent or Tether Peg

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. He wrote

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This

invention relates to pegs or stakes for making fast to the earth tent-ropes, animal tether-

ropes, and the like, and in particular those pegs that have a head and neck with a

corkscrew-body.

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