US Patent: 235,775
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| Apparatus for drafting patterns
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Patentees:
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| Martha Kennie Kellogg (exact or similar names) - Battle Creek, MI |
| Frank J. Kellogg (exact or similar names) - Flint, MI |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jul. 10, 1880 |
| Granted: |
Dec. 21, 1880 |
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Jeff Joslin
The Kellogg French Tailor System
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Description: |
| The patent specification lists Frank J. Kellogg as inventor but but the signature on the patent is "Mrs. Frank J. Kellogg", i.e., Martha E. Kellogg, née Kennie. We list them both as inventors so that searches on either name will turn up this patent.An example has been seen, labeled, "THE KELLOGG FRENCH TAILOR SYSTEM PATENTED DEC. 21, 1880 / SQUARE PATENTED. DEC. 25,1883. BATTLE CREEK MICH." The actual manufacturer is not known but they were sold by "Mme. Kellogg", who may have been Martha or it could have been Frank masquerading as his wife. The heavy-handedness of the marketing suggests that Frank was involved to at least some extent.Available on archive.org (see link) is a 34-page instruction book titled, "The French Tailor System for Cutting Every Description of Ladies' Garments." The author was "Mme. Kellogg, Inventor and Patentee, Battle Creek, Mich." The booklet title page says, "System patented December 21, 1880." Mme. Kellog was Frank J. Kellogg's first wife, and they divorced in about 1897; she would live to age 90, dying in 1937. As for Mr. Kellogg, he would become wealthy as the purveyor of patent medicines, and the toxicity of his products made him an early target of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, predecessor to the FDA. He was married four times. Martha Kennie Kellogg was his first wife. |
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