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Archive for August, 2008

Ryan Thomas Grace of Omaha, Nebraska penned this clever application for a “Method and instrument for proposing marriage to an individual”. Mr. Grace is a patent attorney and came up with this rather “inventive” strategy for proposing to his girlfriend. The application was filed March 3, 2003 and published April 7, 2007.
The abstract reads as [...]

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This invention from Penn Jillette, the larger and louder half of Penn & Teller, is bound to make more than half of you happy. He calls it the Jill-Jet. It was issued on July 13, 1999. Enjoy.

The abstract reads as follows;
A spa of a type including a tub for holding water and a user, in [...]

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This Shark Protector Suit was patented May 30, 1989 by Nelson C. Fox and Rosetta H. V. G. Fox of St. Georges, Bermuda. Pay extra attention to the razor sharp spikes which will “prevent a shark from clamping its jaws over the wearer”. Also notice posterior flap #8, seemingly for evacuation of fecal matter [...]

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