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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
A machine with rotating arms and shoes that kicks you in the buttocks. You operate it yourself. With a hand crank.
Joe W. Armstrong2001
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Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force
A rotating table that spins the patient to deliver a baby via centrifugal force. Includes a net to catch the child.
George & Charlotte Blonsky1965
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Santa Claus detector
A stocking-mounted sensor that detects Santa Claus via a light beam and alerts the child. Filed in earnest.
Thomas E. Cane1996
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Method of exercising a cat
A patented method for shining a laser pointer at the floor and letting a cat chase it. That is the whole invention.
Kevin T. Amiss1995
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Rocket-propelled golf ball
A golf ball with a solid-propellant rocket motor inside. It fires after you hit it. For distance.
Benjamin F. Ratliff1964
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