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“Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown.” |
“Each week there are thousands of new patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents I pick are usually a) really weird, b) really cool, c) really scary.”.
Patently Silly: the humor of invention.
By Daniel Wright and Alex Eben Meyer.
Above : Nutcracker (David Aaron Powell, patent US D494820).