Portable Receptacle Support

CTL-E-3194 · Work · other · 1951

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The Portable Receptacle Support: Bessie Blount Griffin's 1951 invention (U.S. Patent No. 2,550,554, granted April 24, 1951) — an electric self-feeding apparatus that delivered one mouthful of food at a time through a tube when the patient bit down on it, letting amputees and paralyzed patients eat independently. Rights assigned to France after the VA declined it.

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Also known as: Blount feeding device, Blount invalid feeder

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The Portable Receptacle Support was invented by Bessie Blount Griffin; patent granted April 24, 1951.

Sources

BlackPast.org - Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)
ThoughtCo - Biography of Bessie Blount, American Inventor
Star-Ledger obituary - Bessie Griffin (2010)

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