So here it is, I assume, the earliest patent for a generation of head-and-neck injuries, drunk frat-guy hijinks, and a bunch of grass-stained kids.
US Patent 2982547, Aquatic Play Equipment:
Sunday, May 24, 2015
The Original Slip'n'Slide?
Ran across this one in a totally unrelated search this morning - went ahead and looked at the rest of the subclass (472/117, Amusement Devices:BODY SLIDE:Water Slide, in case you wondered). It turns out that this is the earliest one for a flat, wet slide (there are earlier, but are of the inclined slide type)
So here it is, I assume, the earliest patent for a generation of head-and-neck injuries, drunk frat-guy hijinks, and a bunch of grass-stained kids.
US Patent 2982547, Aquatic Play Equipment:
So here it is, I assume, the earliest patent for a generation of head-and-neck injuries, drunk frat-guy hijinks, and a bunch of grass-stained kids.
US Patent 2982547, Aquatic Play Equipment:
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Let's settle the Over-Under TP debate.
The Huffington Post reported about a patent a while back. As an avid HuffPo reader and frequent user of the product in question, it struck my fancy.
This is the patent mentioned, but a little exploration yields several earlier, patents of interest - looks like Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Hicks were fierce competitors!
However, Mr. Wheeler seems to have had a niche, and he has the oldest patent that I can find.
US Patent 333,183 (December 29, 1885): Wrapping and Toiler Paper.
As you can see, he clearly shows the roll as being in the "over" configuration - the free end should ALWAYS come from the top or front of the roll. Even the inventor of perforated bumwad thought so.
This is the patent mentioned, but a little exploration yields several earlier, patents of interest - looks like Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Hicks were fierce competitors!
However, Mr. Wheeler seems to have had a niche, and he has the oldest patent that I can find.
US Patent 333,183 (December 29, 1885): Wrapping and Toiler Paper.
As you can see, he clearly shows the roll as being in the "over" configuration - the free end should ALWAYS come from the top or front of the roll. Even the inventor of perforated bumwad thought so.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
In case you thought I was straying out of my field today.
You love sports.
You love watching sports.
You love watching muddy sports.
You don't love watching sports in the rain.
Get yourself a Stadium Umbrella. It has a built-in windshield wiper (element 40/42/44), US Patent 5823212
There have been a lot of Bicycle Hand-Signal gloves recently
Unfortunately, before there were bicyclists who wanted to signal their traffic intentions, there were motorists who wanted to do the same, and the turn signal hadn't been invented yet.
US Patent 1496484, "Hand signal for motor vehicles", which is actually pretty cool - you touch your fingers together (at b) to complete the circuit and turn on on the signal.
US Patent 1496484, "Hand signal for motor vehicles", which is actually pretty cool - you touch your fingers together (at b) to complete the circuit and turn on on the signal.
Climbing on your woman is not a good idea.
But climbing on your naked lady ladder, that's a different story.
This one belonged to a good friend of mine who examines over in the ladder field. It didn't get a patent, but did make the rounds in the office - funny ones always do!
Colleen, this one's for you. US Application Publication 2009/0014398.
This one belonged to a good friend of mine who examines over in the ladder field. It didn't get a patent, but did make the rounds in the office - funny ones always do!
Colleen, this one's for you. US Application Publication 2009/0014398.
Camouflage is great, but a good blind is better.
Especially when it's the Head-Blind.
US Application Publication 2005/0081272, the Camouflage Hood Assembly. It never got a patent.
US Application Publication 2005/0081272, the Camouflage Hood Assembly. It never got a patent.
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