People sometimes think of crazy things — that’s a given. I’m sure you know someone who constantly cooks up loony ideas. The show “American Inventor” is full of these “what the heck were you thinking” ideas. But do you know that you can apply for a patent even for the craziest ideas?
Just look at the following patents granted by the US government; you’d think that someone at the US Patents and Trademark Office would use some common sense. But they didn’t, and these “inventors” were awarded patents:
- System and method for providing reservations for airline restroom use (Patent # 6,329,919) which thankfully expired
- Pet display clothing described as “a vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer’s body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.” (Patent # 5,901,666) – Paris Hilton carrying her pets is cute, but I don’t think I’d like to carry a hamster IN my clothes and crawling in my clothes
- Chewable toothbrush that works as follows: “the bristle anchor includes a cavity that holds a material such as toothpaste or mouthwash. When the toothbrush is chewed, the material is released from the cavity and onto the bristles.” (Patent # 6,769,828) – so how can I get rid of the remnants of this toothbrush in my teeth when I have already eaten the toothbrush?
There are so many more interesting patents granted at the USPTO database. If you are trying to pass the time and you are bored with Web surfing, check the USPTO database for more “why didn’t I think of that?” patents.
There’s a lot of websites that feature absurd patents. I wrote an article on weird apparel patents, linking to the funny/arcane patent sites:
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/archives/patently_silly.html
I notice your blog has zero comments. How strange. I’d think it’d be more popular than that. I try to link to all the business related, start up and apparel sites.
There’s a lot of websites that feature absurd patents. I wrote an article on weird apparel patents, linking to the funny/arcane patent sites:
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/archives/patently_silly.html
I notice your blog has zero comments. How strange. I’d think it’d be more popular than that. I try to link to all the business related, start up and apparel sites.
Thanks for visiting Kathleen. Yes, the blog looks like a little ghost town with not many comments. I just started accepting comments, and even up to now, I only approve very few of the comments I get.
Thanks for visiting Kathleen. Yes, the blog looks like a little ghost town with not many comments. I just started accepting comments, and even up to now, I only approve very few of the comments I get.
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