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Henry Brown and the paper receptacle patent record

Brown's receptacle-for-papers patent belongs in the print, paper, and recordkeeping lane, but identity and biography claims remain under review.

Why this belongs on CultureUp

Brown is a public-record memory story.

This belongs on CultureUp because the patent record connects invention to place, public institutions, work systems, laboratories, employers, federal or corporate assignment, and the limits of public records.

Sprint 8 priority 4 / not final rankStatus: noindex_draftSource grade: B+

Patent: 352036: Receptacle for Papers
Issue date: 1886-11-02
Place: Source review pending
Record strength: Patent-record facts are attached, but the strongest public claim remains under source review.
Identity evidence: Public context source attached where available; CultureUp does not use the patent row alone as race, ancestry, lineage, or Indigenous Black identity proof.
Sprint priority: 4 / not final rank
Cluster: Print, paper, and recordkeeping
Needed before promotion: Attach public identity evidence and residence context before indexable promotion.
Why this record matters: The record makes paper custody, storage, and everyday recordkeeping visible without using the patent row as identity proof.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 352036, issued November 2, 1886.
Receptacle-for-papers title as a recordkeeping tool.
A source-review path for paper custody and civic records.

What remains open

Public identity evidence before promotion.
Residence and biography reconciliation.
Any adoption or office-use context beyond the patent row.

Article profile

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The patent record

352036 was issued on 1886-11-02 for Receptacle for Papers.

The person in the record

The attached public context sources support a reader-facing profile frame. Any deeper life history, family record, school record, employment file, or community memory needs its own source trail.

Place attached to the claim

Source review pending is the public place anchor used for this route. CultureUp does not infer local family continuity from the patent row alone.

The invention

The invention is summarized from the public patent title and source trail. Technical, market, institutional, and adoption claims stay limited to what the attached sources can support.

Business, labor, and use

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What the record cannot prove

The patent record does not by itself prove full biography, race, ancestry, Indigenous Black identity, commercialization, institutional adoption, economic benefit, modern product lineage, or community memory.

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352036: Receptacle for Papers

Henry Brown / 1886-11-02

Sprint 8 identity-review record. Treat as recordkeeping and paper-security infrastructure until public identity evidence is ledgered.

Residence: source review pending
Category: paper security / recordkeeping
Source status: under review
Chronology handling: identity_review
Cluster: Print, paper, and recordkeeping
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

Claims stay tied to source limits.

Print, paper, and recordkeeping

Sources for printing presses, document receptacles, office tools, paper security, desk infrastructure, and public-record systems.

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US352036A - Receptacle for Papers

Google Patents / 1886 patent record

Supports: Shows Henry Brown connected to a receptacle for papers patent published November 2, 1886.
Limit: Patent records verify invention data, patent number, title, date, and recorded metadata. They do not by themselves prove full race/identity, ancestry, biography, commercialization, public memory, economic benefit, or personal ownership. Brown remains noindex until public identity evidence is ledgered.
Last checked: 2026-06-10
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US352036A/en