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Sarah E. Goode and the cabinet-bed patent

Goode's 1885 cabinet-bed patent anchors a furniture and domestic-technology profile while CultureUp keeps first-language and business claims source-led.

Why this belongs on CultureUp

Goode is a public-record memory story.

Goode belongs here because Black patent memory includes practical furniture design and household technology.

Backlog priority 4 / chronology not finalStatus: source_reviewedSource grade: B+

Patent: 322177: Cabinet-Bed
Issue date: 1885-07-14
Place: Chicago, Illinois
Record strength: Medium-high patent-record strength for title, number, issue date, and Chicago place anchor.
Identity evidence: Publishable with caveat. Avoid unsupported first-language unless a stronger source trail supports it.
Backlog priority: 4 / not chronological rank
Chronology caution: Backlog priority 4 is not chronological rank.
Identity caution: Do not use absolute first-language from the patent row alone.
Why this record matters: The record adds furniture, cramped living-space design, and domestic technology to the backlog layer.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 322177, issued July 14, 1885.
Cabinet-bed invention category.
Chicago place anchor in the backlog record.

What remains open

First-language and business claims need stronger public support.
Biography remains source-expansion work.

Article profile

Read the person, place, invention, and record separately.

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The patent record

Google Patents mirrors U.S. Patent No. 322177 for a cabinet-bed issued July 14, 1885.

The person in the record

The profile remains patent-first while public biography, business, and Chicago records are future source work.

Place attached to the claim

Chicago is the place anchor attached to this Backlog 3 record.

The invention

The invention is a cabinet-bed, part of furniture and domestic technology.

Business, labor, and use

The patent can show inventorship and design claim, not all production or business outcomes.

What the record cannot prove

The patent cannot prove complete biography, first-language, market success, or private family evidence.

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Grant trail

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Backlog priority 4Not chronological rankutility patentmedium high

322177: Cabinet-Bed

Sarah E. Goode / 1885-07-14

Backlog priority row, not a chronological rank. The profile should preserve the cabinet-bed patent record without unsupported first-language.

Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Category: furniture / domestic technology
Source status: medium high
Backlog status: indexable_profile_candidate
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

Claims stay tied to source limits.

Patent record

Patent text, case-file context, or patent-image trails that can support inventor, title, number, date, place, and claim language.

patent text mirrorpatent text with identity caveat

US322177A - Cabinet-Bed

Google Patents / 1885 patent record

Supports: Shows Sarah E. Goode of Chicago, Illinois connected to a cabinet-bed patent issued July 14, 1885.
Limit: The patent record supports the invention row and place label. It does not prove first-language, full biography, business success, or family history.
Last checked: 2026-06-09
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US322177A/en