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Home page- GB2328762 Condom advent calendar.
- GB2289222 Fart collecting device.
- GB2221607 Glove for courting couples.
- GB2272154 Spider ladder.
- GB2283412 Chair for coition.
- GB2060081 Horse-powered minibus.
- GB2172200 Umbrella hat.
- GB2301524 "Contoured Ulterior Pouch" (CUP).
- GB2267208 Portable seat.
- GB2251542 Ashtray which warns you to quit smoking.
- GB2339950 Car registration plate indicating sex of driver.
- WO02069773 Toilet seat.
- FR2739014 Another toilet seat.
- FR2780195 Gravestone sun-dial.
- JP09-256683 Another gravestone sun-dial.
- US6325727 Underwater golf swing training device.
- DE4020440 "Go-Matic" dog excrement remover.
- WO9939598 Beer barrel headgear.
- US4233942 Device for protecting a dog's ears from soiling by its food.
- US4773863 Urinal with amusement features.
- US4429685 Method of growing unicorns.
- US4734078 Liquid brassiere.
- FR2694256 Amphibious horse drawn light vehicle.
- FR2640874 The ultimate in safe sex.
- WO9701384 Leash for walking an imaginary pet.
- US5163447 Musical condom.
- GB1121630 Controlling the spin of a golf ball.
- GB1047735 Piping snowballs from Antarctica.
- GB1405575 Horse-powered car.
- GB1251780 Practice golf tee.
- GB1153249 Television tower.
- GB1204648 Irrigating the Sahara Desert.
- GB1361962 The ultimate deterrent to solve the Cold War.
- GB1439086 Large, luxury multi-bodied aircraft.
- GB1453920 Skyscraper fire curtains.
Links to serious information about patents
Sites with absurd patents
Other sites with absurd patentsIf you enjoy weird and wacky patents, visit these sites:
- Patently Absurd!
- This site! - in case you missed it.
- Delphion's Gallery of Obscure Patents
- Delphion (formerly IBM) provide a searchable database of patents. Users can vote to add patents to this gallery.
- Patent of the week
- Can be viewed by category. The 'sex' category is not for the prudish.
- Weird and Wonderful Patents
Crazy Patents
Wacky Patent of the Month
Wacky Patents - Four sites provided by American firms of attorneys.
- Totally Absurd
- Yet more patents from the USA.
- Patscan - Bizarre Patents
- US and a few Canadian examples, from the University of British Columbia.
- BBC News
- Article on absurd patents.
- ABC News - Patently Weird
- Gives well-researched details of off-beat patented ideas.
- About.com/Mining Co - Wacky Patents
- A directory listing some of the above sites, and more.
- Incredible Inventions
- The Living Web portal site.
- Bizarre Tales from New Scientist
- Strange scientific and technical stories. Includes a few absurd patents.
- Patentes curiosas
- Curious inventions from Spain (in Spanish), plus others.
