tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205074602024-03-06T21:32:50.546-08:00What Were They Thinking?Interesting, Fascinating and downright bizarre US PatentsPatent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-68200918052691342352009-01-16T14:09:00.000-08:002012-01-16T14:10:39.822-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDi-zI8nR8lKRsutKXd0myigqNhjZiUHWN1UI-bhHF2EsovDPcXGTl3Am2y8m8iOyZm46omIN6FOmG270ecg-efnR43dOcLCg8e-v88ZqyPx2Ksi_RLWLjYbWwMRAB4JlF38U/s1600/Don%2527t+ask.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDi-zI8nR8lKRsutKXd0myigqNhjZiUHWN1UI-bhHF2EsovDPcXGTl3Am2y8m8iOyZm46omIN6FOmG270ecg-efnR43dOcLCg8e-v88ZqyPx2Ksi_RLWLjYbWwMRAB4JlF38U/s320/Don%2527t+ask.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-6043223109561602872008-01-26T19:12:00.000-08:002008-01-26T19:17:32.259-08:00Toe Puppets. What's next, finger socks?<a href="http://i23.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/b5/ee/6161_1_bl.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i23.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/b5/ee/6161_1_bl.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oh, come on! Toe puppets? Everybody knows that we don't need animal toe puppets because they are already piggys. What were they thinking? <br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-78662220130841913592007-05-24T19:40:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:12:45.781-07:00Kids shoot their mouths off with PEZ gun<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-10549/PEZ-Candy-Shooter-Gun/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/76ed_1_bl_3580_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-10549/PEZ-Candy-Shooter-Gun/Detail">This is the patent of the famous PEZ candy shooter</a>. I would love to go back in time and be a fly on the wall of the marketing genius’s who thought this one up. I’m sure it went something like this:<br />“How about this? We make a toy gun that kids fill with PEZ candy. Now here’s the best part… when they want a piece of candy they put the barrel of the gun into their mouths and pull the trigger! Brilliant!”<br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-9095696957994800182007-05-24T19:26:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:11:30.741-07:00Doggy umbrella/leash patent<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12282/Dog-Leash-Umbrella-US/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/7bc2_1_b_4783_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>Sure, your dogs not going to get wet, but will it get better reception?<br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-85356504497666870982007-05-24T19:22:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:12:17.014-07:00Hey chick, are those Foster Grants you're wearing?<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12162/Chicken-Eye-Protective-Glasses/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/528c_1_b_3092_1.JPG" border="0" /></a> A chicken with safety glasses? Why not? I suppose this finally settles that conundrum about which would win in a fight to the death; a chicken or a beta fish? Of course, if the fight is in water… or in space…<br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-40338039946202931362007-05-24T19:15:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:13:42.192-07:00Pick a mouse, any mouse.<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12297/Cat-Toy-With-Mouse/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/7817_1_b_4801_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>That’s right, this is a patent for that famous street gambling game; <a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12297/Cat-Toy-With-Mouse/Detail">“Three Cat Mousy”</a>. Countless feline families have been destroyed by this seaming harmless activity. In the words of Pete Rose: “Hey Pussy, wanna bet?”<br /><div><a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/7817_1_b_4801_1.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-4351282295458048642007-05-24T19:11:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:14:27.105-07:00Now where did I leave that calf? Oh, here it is!<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12270/Calf-Carrier-US-Patent/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/3207_1_b_4835_1.JPG" border="0" /></a> Why is it that your cows are always in the last place you look? This patent was designed to eliminate that annoying problem of misplaced livestock. It’s about time!Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-64207178412750692332007-04-16T19:58:00.000-07:002007-05-24T19:36:48.380-07:00Human cup holder<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/fded_1_bl_3860_1.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/fded_1_bl_3860_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>I think I understand what the inventor was going for here, but I can't help but think that the version with the cup in Fig 2 is just plain cruel. It looks like one of those wooden toys where you have a wooden handle with a turned wooden cup one end, and a wooden ball on the end of a string that you try to catch in cup. Maybe I’m making too much of this one.<br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-37651511527296071092007-04-16T19:53:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:15:54.610-07:00Combo cat feeder/bird trap<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12157/Bird-Trap--fdsh--Cat/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/8fe9_1_bl_4279_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>I wonder what inspired this invention. Did the inventor have a hungry cat or an abundance of birds? Either way I think this is genius and sick at the same time. I think it would be awesome if someone would invent combination a ice-cream sandwich trap/me feeder. Mmmmmmm.<br /><div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1168187938572671412007-01-07T08:36:00.000-08:002007-01-07T08:38:58.583-08:00New eBay store for corn cob pipes<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2951/2056/1600/624272/Great%20Dane.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2951/2056/320/99221/Great%20Dane.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Not exactly fitting with the "What were they thinking" theme, but still worth a mention. This site features the famous Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipes. Check it out.Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1164244978368300242006-11-22T17:11:00.000-08:002006-11-22T17:25:40.103-08:00New Gallery-size US Patent Art Prints, just in time for Christmas! (Click to visit site)<a href="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/strollingup/USPatentVintageArtPosterArtPrintGal.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/strollingup/USPatentVintageArtPosterArtPrintGal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Over the past two years we've had many requests for Patent Art Prints that are larger than our standard 8 1/2" X 11", and up until now we haven't been able to satisfy the request... until now! We've just launched what we call "Gallery Size" patent art prints on our ebay store and we invite you to check them out. Every one of our 4000+ patent prints are available in four sizes, so if you know of someone who is passionate about something like PEZ, Woodworking, Firearms, Sports or anything funny or weird like the patents we've shown in this blog, you might want to check these out.Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1159925763204086242006-10-03T18:28:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:17:02.825-07:00With vibrating body piercings, who needs TV?<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-14572/Body-Piercing-Glasses-US/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/343f_1_bl_2738_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/343f_1_bl_2738_1.JPG"></a>Now here's a guy that knows how to have a good time. One problem though. Where do you put the batteries? Oh! Never mind!</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1159925231485908912006-10-03T18:17:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:18:48.988-07:00Ladies, if magician Penn Jillette invites you to his hot tub, you're in for a surprise!<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-9195/Magician-PENN-JILLETTE-Sexual/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/734f_1_b_3560_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Penn Jillette of the famous magic duo Penn and Teller was granted this patent for a Female Stimulation feature for a hot tub. This reminds us of a quote from Tim Allen to his wife when he installed a hot tub in his bathroom on Home Improvement. "This baby has three speeds; Low, Medium, and Who Needs a Man." What was Penn thinking?</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1157342563396285312006-09-03T20:56:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:20:20.268-07:00Device For Males For The Prevention Of 'Self-Abuse'<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12234/Male-Chastity-Belt-Electrified/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 246px; height: 187px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2951/2056/400/untitled.jpg" width="176" border="0" height="121" /></a> This patent from 1904 covered an electrified device that was for the “prevention of 'self-abuse' among males. We're not sure if it worked for the males but we believe it caught on among some of the females.Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1157341003714609992006-09-03T20:36:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:22:26.834-07:00Smokers Hat Patent<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12206/Smokers-Hat-US-Patent/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/59b1_1_b_3109_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As a cigar and pipe smoker from the tobacco center of the USA, North Carolina, it never fails to surprise me when I visit California or NYC and experience the venomous anti-smoking attitude. Perhaps if this patented device was ever put into production smokers like me could be free to puff away without fear of public ridicule. Yeah, right.</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1154801259754360302006-08-05T11:00:00.000-07:002007-04-16T19:11:42.429-07:00Be the ball! Be the ball! Be the… I’m dizzy.<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/91e0_1_b_4290_1.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/91e0_1_b_4290_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/09_1_b_1475_1.JPG"></a>If you think this looks like the perfect golf club for a head-banger, you’d be wrong. The club would swing the wrong way and might cause sever damage to the… um… balls.</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1154800851258106772006-08-05T10:53:00.000-07:002007-04-16T20:10:50.651-07:00Who doesn't need more time? How about a 25 hour clock?<a href="http://www.accessexcellence.org/Profiles/Photos/missing_pic.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.accessexcellence.org/Profiles/Photos/missing_pic.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Obviously the inventor of this clock was trying to squeeze an additional hour into their day, but I’m not sure they quite grasp the concept of time. Personally I would have made a 23 hour clock, that way the hour’s left would be longer. See Einstein, it’s simple.</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1149735949097370452006-06-07T19:59:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:24:10.292-07:00Now here's a pet that really sucks!<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12214/Toy-Dog-And-Vacuum/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/5b21_1_b_3112_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This patent is for a dog shaped vacuum cleaner. We’re not quite sure of the breed but we are sure that the pet stores would really clean-up with, oh, never mind.</div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1148952098497301452006-05-29T18:15:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:24:52.150-07:00Centrifugal Force Birth Accelerator (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-9965/Centrifugal-Force-Birth-Accelerator/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/f3e0_1_bl_3853_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>I don’t know if Angelina Jolie or Katie Holmes used the Centrifugal Force Birth Accelerator shown in this patent but if they did they certainly would not have been silent! Wheee!Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1148875325011811402006-05-28T19:11:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:25:32.244-07:00Monkey Riding Greyhound (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-11768/Greyhound-Monkey-Rider-Harness/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/d417_1_bl_2997_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Everyone knows that greyhounds live having a monkey on their backs as much as the next guy, they just don’t get the chance very often any more. This patent covered a saddle for just this activity.</div></div>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1148868502439651862006-05-28T18:59:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:26:18.666-07:00NutCracker, Man's Worst Nightmare (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12174/Nut-Cracker-%28NutCracker%29-US/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/548f_1_b_3107_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>This patent makes us wonder what the inventor would do with a melon-baller!Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1148867850259449362006-05-28T18:53:00.000-07:002007-04-16T19:22:15.293-07:001907 Do It Yourself Nose Job (click for details)<a href="http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/97/f6/c3c2_1_b.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/97/f6/c3c2_1_b.JPG" border="0" /></a>Michael Jackson obviously wasn’t the first person to want to change their image, but in this 1907 patent the inventor shows a practical alternative to surgery. Never mind that you had serious bed-head and creases from the straps on your face following a night with this torture device on your face, your nose looked marvelous!Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1148698252743129632006-05-26T19:43:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:27:51.424-07:00Turns any truck into a "Dump Truck" (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-13183/Tailgate-Hitch-dsh-Mounted-Toilet-US/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/80d6_1_b_4449_1.JPG" border="0" /></a>What do you give the man who has everything? How about a device that converts the hitch on the back of his pick-up truck to a Port-o-John, of course! This is a real patent. Seriously, we are not making this stuff up. Does this make it a "Dump Truck" or a "Bumper Dumper"?Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1147044211297396612006-05-07T16:21:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:28:31.930-07:001908 Male Chastity Belt, aka "Keep it in your pants" (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12156/Male-Chastity-Belt-1908/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/7f74_1_bl_3579_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The original title of this US Patent is “Sexual Armor”, and boy did they mean it! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here’s a quote from the patent text: </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">“It is a deplorable but well known fact that one of the most common causes of insanity, imbecility and feeble mindedness, especially in youth, is due to masturbation or self abuse. This is about equally true of both sexes.” </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">This thing looks like something from the movie "Paper Clips Gone Wild!" All I can say is OUCH!</span>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20507460.post-1146976836906588592006-05-06T21:25:00.000-07:002009-05-19T20:18:07.731-07:00The Combover is patented? You bet your bald head it is! (click for details)<a href="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/servlet/the-12154/The-Comb-dsh-Over-%28ORIGINAL%29-Patent/Detail"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.patentplaceusa.com/catalog/7ea8_1_bl_3587_1.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I have to admit, when I first heard that the comb-over was patented I thought it must be an urban legend, like the hook-man and the parked lovers, or like a funny Marilu Henner show. But low and behold here it is! Granted in 1977 this “invention” is credited to a father and son from Orlando Florida who obviously weren‘t aware of the fabulous GLH Can-O-Hair from Ron Popeil. Unfortunately for the inventors the patent has now expired, so all you wanna-be Donald Trumps out there can combover to your hearts content without fear of infringement. Isn’t the Public Domain a wonderful thing?</span>Patent Place USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126439619461930235noreply@blogger.com0