Safety Measures
"Between 1790 and 1873, the U.S. Patent Office granted 163 patents for an amazing variety of life-preserving boats, rafts, clothing, and other gear. Many of them were invented with an eye toward the rise in passenger travel: life-preserving bedsteads, berths, buckets, bucketrafts, buoys, capes, chairs, stools, dresses, doors, garments, hammocks, mattresses, and even a 'life-preserving hat.' Few of these inventions enjoyed practical success."- Smithsonian: On the Water