 So this is a very small exhibition called inventing a better mousetrap and it's all about patent models Of the type that would have been displayed here when this was the patent office building There is one case of mystery patents Where you're just given one clue and you're asked to figure out what you think the thing made And so I want to start by breaking up into groups and having you try and guess The goal of this is for you to be sort of conscious of your process like how when faced with an object What do you look for? How do you kind of try and reason out the purpose? I remember these are models so the real thing can be much much bigger But does not have to be Are the numbers on the windows on the other side This correlates And then the copper bands Brooklyn Now the clue doesn't help because I was thinking this is maybe the submersible to dig the pile on Yeah, yeah, yeah the bridge for the bridge But what would Mayday be? It has a top door and that has that right next to it. Yeah, and there's nothing inside except little bit Maybe it is just that size in the middle Yeah, that's right. I was thinking I was gonna do that wire at the end right so those schools come in That's right, and it twists them And then you put the fence post and you see where like a little hook is Like then push that you put the fence post in the slot push it and then the wire comes in But I'm not thinking like this Yeah Whatever that is, I'm like, I know you all talked about this. It's a little lever. Oh, I think that's for the ash maybe. Yeah Okay They think it's something that they would use to eat or with something to produce this or it could be like Your food warm like I don't know But like you put your food in it you put your flame at the bottom Chafing dish, is that what you think it's chafing dish. Thank you What material do you think it's made out of? What? So if it's made out of wood, it's flammable Or is it cast iron? I don't think it's cast iron. I think it's wood