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Human ingenuity knows no bounds. From a skeleton meant to elicit confessions from criminals to a butt-kicking machine to a baby delivery device that shoots the baby out with centrifugal force, these are some actual ideas that actual people have gotten actual patents for. God help us all.


Here are the patents:
The Crime Skeleton
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1...

High Five Apparatus
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...

Butt Kicking Machine
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

Butt Kicking Machine X4
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6...

Toilet Breather
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4...

Saluting Hat
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...

Rat Treadmill
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

Brass Monkey Ball Drop
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

Plow Gun
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

Bathing Machine
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

Baby Flinger
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://www.wilsongunn.com/history/hi...
https://www.uspto.gov/patents/milestones
https://www.wipo.int/en/ipfactsandfig...
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/e...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
https://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22412...
https://www.planetpatent.com/wp-conte...
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro Sketch
3:34 - History of Patents
6:29 - The Crime Skeleton
8:19 - The High Five Machine
9:38 - Butt Kicking Machine
12:39 - Toilet Breathing Hose
14:18 - Saluting Device
15:19 - Rat Treadmill
17:18 - Brass Monkey Ball Drop
18:14 - The Plow Gun
19:15 - Automated Bathing Facility
21:45 - Sponsor - Brilliant
23:00 - The Baby Flinger