March 31, 2016 at 15:06Funny patents
Patent attorneys and agents are like doctors. They never laugh at their patient clients. But nothing prevents to laugh at strangers. Especially on the eve of April 1. For amusing patents abound.
Illustration from patent US8015949
US4608967
Device for encouraging or encouraging patting yourself on the back
A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended form shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back.
US6293874
A device for a non-commissioned officer widow and everyone in need of a "magic pendell"
An amusement apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
US6241575
Device for distillery workers and drinkers in a public place (in the US, public drinking is prohibited in many states)
Cups of a bra include integrated flexible bladders formed of a medical grade material having sufficient fluid integrity to hold a comestible liquid. The bladders may include a fabric sleeve. Each bladder is provided with an inlet, for purposes of filling, and an outlet for purposes of consumption.
US4233942
Anti-noodles
This invention provides a device for protecting the ears of animals, especially long-haired dogs, from becoming soiled by the animal's food while the animal is eating.
US4872422
Electromechanical Combinator
A mechanical device to scratch and stroke household pets upon demand is disclosed.
US5713081
Three- legged pantyhose. Tights with four or more legs, apparently, have not yet been patented. Martians are coming! Hurry up to get a patent!
A hosiery item including a panty member having three absorbent crotch members provided therein, each absorbent crotch member having a pocket formed therein; and three leg portions secured to the panty member in a manner such that an absorbent crotch member is positioned between any two leg portions, each leg portion having a leg insertion opening in connection with an interior of the panty member. In use the wearer inserts her legs into two of the leg opening in the conventional fashion of donning a pair of pantyhose. The remaining unused leg portion is then gathered and the toe end tucked into the pocket of one of the absorbent crotch members. If a run or hole develops in one of the leg portions being worn, the leg of the wearer can be easily and rapidly removed from the damaged leg portion and placed into the undamaged spare leg portion.
US3450403
Whiskey Gun . For those who drink "black"
A bar novelty for affording amusement in drinking flowing a rifle configurated member supporting a centrally pivoted lever which has a whiskey glass secured to one end thereof, the opposite end of the lever having a manually operated handle for purpose of pivoting upwardly the whiskey glass toward a person's mouth.
USD498801 Cubic
Tennis Ball
The ornamental design for a cube-shaped tennis ball, as shown and described.
Moreover, jokers are not only applicants, but also patent attorneys themselves.
US20040161257
Paragraph 9: ... this fictitious paragraph is included in the claims to determine whether the inventor reads the claims ...
However, the patents noteworthy in their mmm ... unusual patents are found not only in the USA. Meet one of the hits of domestic patent engineering!
RU2083239
A method for treating diseases alternately with the lower end of an aspen sticks harvested at the time of the new moon and the upper end of the aspen sticks harvested at the time of the full moon.
Claim
The method of symptomatic treatment of diseases, which consists in influencing the reflex or painful areas of the human body, characterized in that they use a stick prepared from aspen tree at the time of the new moon during the first 3-4 days of the moon, which is brought to the patient’s body with the lower end corresponding to the lower part tree, making sequential smooth translational movements of the stick from top to bottom and in the opposite direction until its oscillation or attraction occurs, after which smooth rotational movements of aspen the first rod counterclockwise in the region of the zones of its oscillation or attraction, then they act on the reflex or pain zones with an aspen rod, prepared at the time of the full moon for 3-4 days of the full moon, bringing the aspen rod with the upper end corresponding to the top of the tree,
To whom other amusing patents or patent applications came across - share in comments.
And, yes, tomorrow is the first of April. Have a good Friday!
US4608967
Device for encouraging or encouraging patting yourself on the back
A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended form shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back.
US6293874
A device for a non-commissioned officer widow and everyone in need of a "magic pendell"
An amusement apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
US6241575
Device for distillery workers and drinkers in a public place (in the US, public drinking is prohibited in many states)
Cups of a bra include integrated flexible bladders formed of a medical grade material having sufficient fluid integrity to hold a comestible liquid. The bladders may include a fabric sleeve. Each bladder is provided with an inlet, for purposes of filling, and an outlet for purposes of consumption.
US4233942
Anti-noodles
This invention provides a device for protecting the ears of animals, especially long-haired dogs, from becoming soiled by the animal's food while the animal is eating.
US4872422
Electromechanical Combinator
A mechanical device to scratch and stroke household pets upon demand is disclosed.
US5713081
Three- legged pantyhose. Tights with four or more legs, apparently, have not yet been patented. Martians are coming! Hurry up to get a patent!
A hosiery item including a panty member having three absorbent crotch members provided therein, each absorbent crotch member having a pocket formed therein; and three leg portions secured to the panty member in a manner such that an absorbent crotch member is positioned between any two leg portions, each leg portion having a leg insertion opening in connection with an interior of the panty member. In use the wearer inserts her legs into two of the leg opening in the conventional fashion of donning a pair of pantyhose. The remaining unused leg portion is then gathered and the toe end tucked into the pocket of one of the absorbent crotch members. If a run or hole develops in one of the leg portions being worn, the leg of the wearer can be easily and rapidly removed from the damaged leg portion and placed into the undamaged spare leg portion.
US3450403
Whiskey Gun . For those who drink "black"
A bar novelty for affording amusement in drinking flowing a rifle configurated member supporting a centrally pivoted lever which has a whiskey glass secured to one end thereof, the opposite end of the lever having a manually operated handle for purpose of pivoting upwardly the whiskey glass toward a person's mouth.
USD498801 Cubic
Tennis Ball
The ornamental design for a cube-shaped tennis ball, as shown and described.
Moreover, jokers are not only applicants, but also patent attorneys themselves.
US20040161257
Paragraph 9: ... this fictitious paragraph is included in the claims to determine whether the inventor reads the claims ...
However, the patents noteworthy in their mmm ... unusual patents are found not only in the USA. Meet one of the hits of domestic patent engineering!
RU2083239
A method for treating diseases alternately with the lower end of an aspen sticks harvested at the time of the new moon and the upper end of the aspen sticks harvested at the time of the full moon.
Claim
The method of symptomatic treatment of diseases, which consists in influencing the reflex or painful areas of the human body, characterized in that they use a stick prepared from aspen tree at the time of the new moon during the first 3-4 days of the moon, which is brought to the patient’s body with the lower end corresponding to the lower part tree, making sequential smooth translational movements of the stick from top to bottom and in the opposite direction until its oscillation or attraction occurs, after which smooth rotational movements of aspen the first rod counterclockwise in the region of the zones of its oscillation or attraction, then they act on the reflex or pain zones with an aspen rod, prepared at the time of the full moon for 3-4 days of the full moon, bringing the aspen rod with the upper end corresponding to the top of the tree,
To whom other amusing patents or patent applications came across - share in comments.
And, yes, tomorrow is the first of April. Have a good Friday!