When the Australian patent office granted a patent in the year 2001 to Mr. John Keogh for inventing the wheel (an action for which they shared an Ig Nobel Prize), little acknowledgment was given to the several animals who regularly reinvent themselves a wheels. One of those animals is celebrated in a new study: “Wind-Powered […]
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Nutting’s patent for the kiss
Anyone (the Harlequin romance book publisher, for one) who tries to patent a kiss must contend with US patent #3603029, issued on September 7, 1971 to William B. Nutting of New York, New York. Mr. Nutting’s invention, described as a “kiss throwing doll”, features (says Mr. Nutting) “a central shaft upon which I mount a […]
A new kind of underpants
Ronald Stuart Cutlip – a New York based Golf Course Architect and Real Estate Agent – has invented a new type of undergarment – and has recently received a US patent for it ( March 16th 2010 ). “An article of clothing including a pair of underwear for a male adult comprises a waistband, an […]