US Patent: 570,952 - Self-propelling vehicle


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US Patent: 570,952

Self-propelling vehicle

Patentee:

Reuben H. Plass (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY

USPTO Classifications:

180/196, 180/78, 301/41.1, 301/63.108

Tool Categories:

transportation : motor vehicles

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

R. H. Plass - New York, NY

Witnesses:

Thomas S. Hopkins

F. H. Smith

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 20, 1895
Granted:	Nov. 10, 1896

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Description:

This early automobile was manufactured for less than a year, in 1897. It appears that the inventor and builder got into financial difficulty, being forced into bankruptcy in 1899.