This week’s salacious patent description of the week is “Exercise device with elongated flexible member“, US patent #D507311, granted July 12, 2006 to Jaremy T. Butler and William T. Dalebout. The patent document features this drawing. Its shape may seem a bit counter-intuitive:
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Patent Camouflage
Imagine that you want to camouflage yourself. One way to do so might be to pick objects from your surroundings and attach them to your clothing. But how exactly? Answers are provided in a new US patent (Jan. 29th 2013) from two Utah-based inventors (both named Morgan). Their patent : entitled ‘Systems and methods for […]
Inventors’ dustup, with teeth: Tat, Tit, Tat,…
Two eminent invention/design firms are quarreling very much in public about a dustpan. In form, this is a classic tit-for-tat battle: TAT: “Rise Up! Quirky Seeks Justice for Inventor Bill Ward“, which begins: As a haven for transparent online collaboration, Quirky must strive to protect the interests of its inventors and influencers. While this customarily […]
Russian Feces-Shooting Tank Inventor interviewed
Russia’s TOPSPV-TV interviewed Alexander Semenov, inventor of the system for collecting tank crewmen’s feces, putting it in shells, and firing those at the enemy. We profiled Mr. Semenov recently, which seems to have led others to seek him out. The technical drawing shown here is from Mr. Semenov’s patent.