New Year's resolutions go back thousands of years. Some of these inventions may have helped achieve them:
🏋️♀️ An 1877 gymnastics apparatus (No. 187,477)
🥦 A food-prep method that kept frozen food fresh (No. 1,773,079)
📖 A bookmark that marked your exact spot (No. 2,202,787)
ALT Patent illustration for resolution 'Gymnastic Move more', number 187,477, featuring multiple views of an exercise apparatus consisting of bars and supports.
ALT Patent illustration depicting a method of eating food products, Patent No. 1,773,079. The image includes three figures: Figure 7 shows a box labeled "FROSTED SEA FILLETS", Figure 11 displays the fillets inside the box, and Figure 1 is a detailed drawing of machinery presumably used in the method.
ALT Image of two patent illustrations labeled "Bookmark". The first illustration shows a detailed design of an airplane-shaped bookmark with numbered parts. The second illustration displays a sailboat-shaped bookmark, also detailed with numbers correlating to different components.