Inventions
Suction-Cup Bathtub Slipper
Instead of providing safety, these look likely to kill the wearer, as the bather struggles to break the grip of the suction cups.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 02, 2024 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Inventions, Patents, 1930s, Feet
The Ether Orchestra
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 19, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Music, 1930s, Europe
Anti-snoring Pillow
The original patent here has no suitable illustration of its product, so I've taken the liberty of having Copilot conjure up some images. Basically, the pillow would use Active Noise Control to cancel out the snores.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 17, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Sleep and Dreams, Twenty-first Century, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Headache Hanger
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 15, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Medicine, 1910s, Head
Fresh Air Breathing Device
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 07, 2024 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Patents, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Danger, Risk, and Peril, Excrement
Firmatron Facial
"literally shocks your age away"
"A model is given a 'Firmatron' facial by an operator wearing special gloves to transmit electrical impulses to facial nerves." New York Journal-American - Dec 2, 1960
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 28, 1961
Chicago Tribune - Apr 9, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 02, 2024 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, 1960s
Anti-Wrinkle Straws
As described by the NY Times:Traditional straws force sippers to purse their lips around the opening in an expression that many believe, over time, creates wrinkles around your lips, called perioral lines.
Enter the anti-wrinkle straw, shaped like the number 7, with a small hole at the top horizontal portion that allows users to drink without pursing their lips.
I never drink through straws, nor do I worry about lip wrinkles. So not a product for me. But enough people do use straws, and do worry about lip wrinkles, to have created a demand for this product.
The "Lipzi" is the best-selling anti-wrinkle straw on the market.
via Book of Joe
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 29, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Skin and Skin Conditions
Les Fo’Plafonds
Somewhat, ah, unique instruments.Their YouTube channel is here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 23, 2024 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Inventions, Music, Europe
French Fry Injector
Why slather your fires with ketchup or cheese or mayo like a peasant, when you could laboriously inject the condiment into each individual fry?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Patents, Junk Food, Twenty-first Century
Special Driver Gloves for Signalling
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 02, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Signage, 1920s, Cars
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