The 10 most rediculous inventions ever patented.

[dullonien]

With the news of Apple suing HTC over patent breaches with some of it's newer phones running Android, and seeing some of the bulls**t things they have managed to patent, I then found the following article:

http://www.cracked.com/article_15693_the-1...atented_p1.html

This is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. Also shows how badly the patenting system needs a complete overhaul!

[bristol-iain]

"User-Operated Amusement Apparatus For Kicking the User's Buttocks"

So its a device to cause yourself physical harm. #1 on an Emo's Christmas list

[Laetca]

I liked the ones they shwowed on QI a few years back. Especially the very smart man who basically patented the three-way comb-over.