A Hat To Protect the Wearer from Falling Bricks

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Posted By: Alex - Thu May 17, 2012
Category: Inventions | Headgear

Comments

Ah, those wacky 19th century inventors. What will they think of next?

Posted by KDP on 05/17/12 at 12:10 PM

Weird is ageless and timeless.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/17/12 at 03:03 PM

Somehow, I can't imagine the odds of a hit being so perfectly aligned to allow this mechanism to be even partially functional. Then there's the matter of the reactive force to the wearer.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/17/12 at 11:16 PM

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