Ridiculous Patents


Bumper Dumper
Patent awarded: 2000
It’s a toilet seat that connects to a trailer hitch. You’re gonna be moving your truck a lot.


Neck Pack
Patent awarded: 2005
Traveling with many items, such as a telephone, pen or pencil, coins, cigarettes, etc., can be very cumbersome, particularly when all of the items need to be readily accessible. A fanny pack for your neck.


Life Expectancy Watch
Patent awarded: 2002
This watch reminds you it’s only a matter of time before you die. Hope the battery doesn’t die.


Gerbil Shirt
Patent awarded: 1999
When the vest is worn, a pet moving along the passageway across a wearer’s body can be viewed by a spectator. Someone call Richard Gere.

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