3rd of August 2006
Crazy Patents
I stumbled across this list of useless and crazy patents the other day. There are some real gems in there, including:
Anal gas powered missile assembly; Suck air from your arse and use it to launch a rocket... riiiight.
An inclining coffin; So the dead can sit upright...
Method of swinging on a swing; A side to side motion rather than backwards and forwards.
Pet display clothing; Like a habitrail kit you wear
Protective underwear with malodorous flatus filter; Anti-fart underpants
An anti-eating mouth cage. Not for cannibals but for obese people! It'll be the next fashion, I'm sure.
Why would someone patent a method of swinging on a swing? Why would the patent office even let them patent that!? Where's the inventive step that is required in order to be patentable? Where's the market value? Surely people have been swinging from side to side for hundreds of years? Why am I asking so many questions?
Blog #608,
posted at 07:32 (GMT)