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Sometimes I complain about my patent draftsman. Then, I stumble upon patent drawings drawn by other patent draftsmen and realize that it could be worse, much worse. Check out USPN 6,113,452 for example:
I presume that the skipping toy is not drawn to scale, or the invention may be a computer mouse attacking a fairy.
Maybe we should start a category of “Patent Drawings Gone Bad.”
Admittedly, my wife thinks I am pretty cheap. That being said, who needs to buy some fancy breast pump system when you could buy one of these:
Breast Pump Attachment to a Household Vacuum Cleaner, USPN 6,093,168.
Maybe this could go into the “Inventors you’re glad you aren’t married to” pile. “Honey, can I borrow you for a second? I need you to try my new invention out.”
A Star Wars fan is already in line at the theater (22 weeks from opening) to see next Star Wars movie.
I don’t know what the guy does for a living, but I am guessing “B.A. in Philosophy,” ‘cause otherwise he’d have a job and couldn’t sit in line for 22 weeks.
[Picture from: US Design Patent No. 251,628]
Need a gift idea? Nolo sells a “don’t feed the lawyers” t-shirt.
The shirts at BustedTees.com can be pretty funny too:
Thank you sir, may I have another!!!!
“The invention relates to that type of theatrical appliances known as “initiation apparatus,” designed for use in lodges and secret societies for initiating a candidate into the secrets and forms of the order.” Makes you wonder how many other “initiation apparatus” patents are out there (too bad we can’t text search the old patents!).
Essentially, metal shoes + metal rails = you shock the &@#!* out of your pledge for “an amusing and entertaining effect.”
US Patent No. 819,814 (May 8, 1906).
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