
27-11-2007, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sheffield, UK
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Crazy Patents
| 5392735 | Marine Mammal Communication Device | This Walt Disney patent contains detailed source code (about 17 pages worth) of what basically anounts to a dolphin size keyboard that translates keystrokes into sounds for both humans and other dolphins and perhaps "whales and porpoises" as well. They hope that once trained that a human will be able to simply speak to the Dolphins as well. | | 7108178 | Method of stopping a stolen car without a high-speed chase, utilizing a bar code | The title alone earns the patent a place on this page. Part of the invention also requires that the rear wheel covers have bullets or knives installed in them, however the inventor also offers a method to disable the engine by remote control. | | 6142880 | Method of playing a bowling game | This is basically bowling like it is today, but changing the scoring system to "eliminat[e] the unfair advantage of scoring consecutive strikes with a multiplier effect". | | 20040161257 | Just read Claim 9! | If you are a patent attorney or inventor, you have to read Claim 9 -- hillarious, though perhaps not intended to be. Submitted by Angelo Castellano | | 5107620 | Electrified table cloth | Designed to discourgage bugs from crawling on a table cloth, the electrified table cloth shocks them, much like an invisible dog fence. I'm not sure this idea is so crazy -- if anyone knows where to get one of these, let me know :) Submitted by Karan Morrow. | | 7062320 | Device for the treatment of hiccups | Appears to be a glass that shocks you when you drink from it, ostensibly stimulating specific nerves in an attempt to cure hiccups. Submitted by Carl Palmgren.
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