If you loved your bellbottoms, you needed this.

It's the Disco-tastic version of the bustle, updated for the highest fashion of the 1970s.

US Patent 3877079, "Method for making an article conformable to a variably shaped cylindrical surface"

Yessuh.

Unbelievable. The things I find in the oldest corners of my art. 

Presenting Mr. William J. Lynch's Improvement in Supporters for Cotton-Pickers.

US Patent 173100

One of MY Very Own!

Once in a while, you'll see me staring at something (usually an umbrella or tent, okay, we're not talking about the other things I stare at) and most of the time it's just because it is a device that I've seen before in the patent database. But every so often, it's really - REALLY - familiar. And that's because it's one that I issued. Even better is when it's covered in a national medium like a popular magazine...

So, for the first time on GMABC, here's one of my own little patent babies, as touted by my boys over at Men's Journal, US Patent 8360082. This one took a lot of work to get all the details right before I was able to issue it, so it's especially satisfying.

Redneck Wheelchair

I ran across this one and to be honest, was shocked that I hadn't seen something like it before.

I present... The Redneck Wheelchair (aka Boudreau's pride and joy), US Patent 4575113

See, what it is, is... A lawn chair with wheels so Grampy can get around the trailer as quick as a greased gopher!

Lest anyone wonder...

The 80s were better. Even the musicians were smarter!

If you wanna play Eruption, it helps to have your Musical Instrument Support, US Patent 4656917

If you're a Smooth Criminal, you'll look the part with your Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion, US Patent 5255452

Bonus! Peepee Crutches!

Just so I'm not accused of misogyny, here's the male analog to the booby cart:

U.S. Patent  7743778:

Thank goodness he's not anatomically correct!

A WHAT?

I'm not going to type the name out. See for yourself.

I have to assume it's what we like to call a "term of art". A long-forgotten, definitely politically incorrect term.