Weird and Wacky Patents A collection of inventions and patents what border on the bizarre, weird, wacky, unusual, and ridiculous. D759741 – Bryan Wu et. al. – Domestic and industrial robot8,766,784 – Nokia Technologies Oy – Haptic communication7,574,752 – Patrick Walters – Garment with integral faux thong extension and associated method5,523,741 – Thomas Cane – Santa Claus Detector5,356,330 – Albert Cohen – Apparatus for simulating a “high five”5,197,216 – Raymond E. Norris – Combined camouflage and decoy device5,031,161 – David Kendrick – Life expectancy timepiece4,227,342 – Horace A. Knowles – Thumb twiddling toy4,022,227 – Frank J. Smith; Donald J. Smith – Method of concealing partial baldness3,771,192 – Anne M. Zaleski – Combination toy dog and vacuum cleaner3,552,388 – Thomas V. Zelenka – Baby patting machine2,851,707 – Abe Samuels – Swimming and diving device1,749,090 – Shelby Helene Adelaide – Apparatus for obtaining criminal confessions and photographically recording them1,293,102 – John D Humphrey – Time-controlled mechanism221,855 – B.B. Oppenheimer – Improvement in fire-escapes11,942 – Alpheus Myers – Tapeworm-Trap
