We ’re all conversant with some of the more famous patents in history ; Thomas Edison ’s galvanising luminosity , Samuel Morse ’s Samuel F. B. Morse code , and Henry Ford ’s carburettor , for model . But sometimes genius manifests itself in the phase of less … conventional inventions . Here are ten derisory “ medical ” patents , and a couple scientific single , that you ’ve probably never heard of .
10)Maternity suntan chair
artificer : Shannon I. Nation
Patent number : 6295668
Filing date : May 19 , 2000
Issue date : Oct 2 , 2001
sunbathe while you ’re pregnant can be a logistic nightmare . I mean , how are you supposed to lie on your stomach ? Thankfully , someone had a stroke of genius and invented the motherliness suntan professorship , which incorporate a giant cutaway drawing for your baby - belly . The design improves upona similar concept , first conceived back in the 1930s , by including an opening for the chair - occupant ’s face and let for quick conversion into a normal ( baby - stomach - trap - less ) lounge hot seat .
9)Wearable shuttlecock affluent
Inventor : David M. Leslie
Patent number : 5996127
Filing appointment : Jun 19 , 1998
Issue date : Dec 7 , 1999
Some people use binoculars to go snort watching . Those people are suckers . With the wearable bird feeder , which comprises a helmet ; telescoping , helmet - mounted poles ; and a variety of hiss affluent , you could make nature hail to you .
8)Grave Alarm
Inventor : August Lindquist
letters patent number : 500072
Filing particular date : Feb 4 , 1893
Issue date : Jun 20 , 1893
lay to rest active ? Fear not ; there ’s a patent for that . This invention comprises an air shaft , a bell shape , and a rope , for those ( hopefully ) rare occasions that you find yourself “ untimely buried before [ your ] life is extinct . ” With the unexampled and improved solemn alarm system , you “ can voice an alarum , thus apprize the burial site official of the fact ” that you are not idle yet , after all .
harmonise to the officialpatent verbal description , while sedate alarms had been invented in the past tense , none of them had thought to incorporate the ( arguably most important ) feature of speech of an air shaft ; so if you were n’t dead when they put you in the ground , time and limited airwave supply would take care of that decently quickly .
7)Apparatus for facilitating the nascence of a baby by centrifugal strength
Inventor : G.B. Blonsky
Patent numeral : 3216423
Filing date : Jan 15 , 1963
takings appointment : Nov 9 , 1965
Pretty much does what it says on the tin . Mount pregnant mammy . shoulder strap in . Spin . Fwoop : out flies babe .
really , not exactly . Strictly speaking , the setup is project to “ wait on and supplement ” the lifelike travail of the mom , “ so that such centrifugal force and her efforts move in concert to overwhelm the activeness of resisting forces and help the manner of speaking of the child . ” moderately wild , but still more entertaining to imagine a fwoop scenario ; I mean , it could materialize , right ? The image shown here is a top - down view of the widget , but be trusted to check the patent nexus for more angles .
6)machine for perfuse an creature head
Inventor : Chet Sir Alexander Fleming
letters patent number : 4666425
Filing date : Dec 17 , 1985
Issue date : May 19 , 1987
The background section of this patent name a prosthetic twist as “ any gimmick which is plan to substitute for a lacking or bad part of the body . ” But in the case of a unembodied head , the missing or faulty body part is , well , the consistency itself .
This design , described by Fleming as a “ cabinet , ” is effectively a spirit support system for heads , and works by performing many of the strong-arm and biochemical social occasion ( that are typically do by the body ) for bonce that have been “ discorporated ” ( that is to say , severed ) .
The innovation is presumably for an animal ( despite the clearly human feel of the brainpan sport in the diagram ) and put up support for the drumhead by means of a collar fix around the neck . auditory sensation familiar ?
5)Reminder and hatchet man apparatus
Inventor : Rupert W. Knierem
Patent number : 4764111
Filing escort : Nov 21 , 1985
number date : Aug 16 , 1988
If you ’ve ever worn luxuriant headdress , or even just a retainer , as part of an dental orthopaedics regimen , then you love how hard it can be to call up gravel it is to get into your tooth - straightening gimmick . ( Parents who ’ve pay off to have their tyke ’s teeth straightened are also especially cognisant of this job . )
Enter the “ admonisher and enforcer apparatus . ” It ’s basically an alarm system that mounts inside your mouth , and activate when it ’s clock time to put in your headgear . When a magnetic switch detects that your orthodontia has been mounted in your mouth , the alarm close off .
4)Use of odorants to treat manful impotence
discoverer : Alan R. Hirsch
Patent issue : 5885614
Filing particular date : Feb 23 , 1996
Issue date : Mar 23 , 1999
Ca n’t foot the bill on a handwriting for Viagra ? This patent claims that combining certain odors , release in the form of aerosol or scratch - and - snuff patches , can increase penial parentage flow . Some example of stimulating aroma ? lilac with pumpkin pie ; and doughnuts with licorice . evidently absurd ? Maybe . Worth a shot ? perfectly .
Why are some antidepressants more expensive than others ?
3)Anti - eating face mask
discoverer : Lucy M. Barmby
letters patent telephone number : 4344424
Filing date : Mar 27 , 1980
Issue date : Aug 17 , 1982
As Barmby is keen to point out , “ the major give factor to [ obesity ] is the excessive consumption of food . ” multitude who are particularly susceptible to compulsive eating , agree to Barmby , are chefs , cooks , eatery personnel department , etc . , for whom intellectual nourishment is readily available at no monetary value . But do you know who else is particularly susceptible ? Housewives . agree to Barmby :
Housewives … must oftentimes cook meal during the day , which generally include the preparation of such fattening intellectual nourishment such as pies , pastry dough , and the like . During the preparation of such meal not only is there the temptation to nybble on the solid food being set but it is generally necessary that the food for thought be tasted during grooming thereby constantly provoke the appetite and promoting the consumption of large quantities of food .
But fear not , pastry dough - baking lady of the house ; Barmby ’s got your back . After all , her anti - eating masque is lockable , which means your husband can fasten it securely to your face on his way out the doorway in the morning . While he ’s at work doing some bread - winning , he ’ll feel reassured in knowing that you ’re busy at home , making him delicious food and maintaining your svelte figure .
2)“Surgical Appliance ” # 1
artificer : Jonas E. Heyser
Patent number : 995600
Filing escort : Jan 10 , 1910
Issue date : Jun 20 , 1911
Surgical appliance ? More like anti - masturbation gimmick for insane patients :
The object of the invention [ is ] to allow for an improved machine … which may be secured on the body of the patient role and which can not be removed by the affected role , and which will absolutely forbid any effort on the part of the patient role to masturbate .
A further object is to provide a twist of this character which is especially adapted for use on insane patients , and which will be simple in construction , hard and durable in use , and which may be wear off with fairish comfort …
What really amuses me about this patent is that , despite its prissy motivations , I ca n’t help but wonder if Heyser , in look to rain down on everyone ’s intimate parade , inadvertently decease beforehand and manufacture the world ’s first shoulder strap - on . Anti - masturbation equipment for mad patients ? I think not , Mr. Heyser .
1)“Surgical Appliance ” # 2
Inventor : J.W. Lang
letters patent phone number : 997067
Filing engagement : Dec 24 , 1910
proceeds date : Jul 4 , 1911
Lang claims that this excogitation is adapted to “ prevent nocturnal emissions ” ( i.e. wet dream ) by supply “ a simple gadget to be used by the masculine sex and use to the sexual organ so that in the event of an enlargement of said organ the wearer will waken so that proper steps can be taken to forestall an emission . ”
Are you chaff me , Lang ? What is it with 1911 and disguising sex toys as anti - masturbatory aids ?
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