Slog - Comments on Celebrity Patents http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents Among every other piece of information on earth, Google now provides a nice and easy patent search, where you can find such bizarre contraptions as a toy skunk (pictured below, so cute!) and a "steam engine." Ironic Sans did a little digging and came up with this list of celebrity patents. You may not realize, for example, that Eddie Van Halen has other interests besides shredding on the git-ar and cancer. He is also the inventor of a musical instrument support that makes it way easier to shred on the git-ar (cancer or no). The best, though, is certainly actress... Copyright 2008 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:23:13 -0800 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:21:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elswinger I always thought Eddie balanced his guitar on his dick. I'm crushed.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583684 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:29:18 -0800 Comment by elswinger That Google page is cool. I didn't know there was so many patents for bongs. Now to look up "dildo".

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583685 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:31:41 -0800 Comment by cite The US Trademark and Patent Office has been online with a searchable database for quite a few years now. Not sure why Google bothered with this?

]]> cite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583711 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:00:54 -0800 Comment by Anthony Because Google seeks to index every piece of information in the universe, and make it easy to find through their familiar interface.

]]> Anthony http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583726 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:13:17 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Don't forget the UW invented Bluetooth ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583837 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583837 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:04:50 -0800 Comment by SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS "(e.g. the clitoris)" is one of the best parentheticals i've ever seen. go penn!

]]> SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c583948 What the Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:31:47 -0800 Comment by Tone Not to mention this chestnut..

"...comprising a vibration generator adjacent to said seat, said vibration generator being adapted to selectively transmit vibration energy through said seat to said female user seated within said seat to stimulate said stimulation points."

]]> Tone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c584755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents#c584755 What the Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:30:24 -0800 Comment by WESLEY MJ's antigrav device on display here, in the final seconds of his video for "Smooth Criminal"



Yeah, that's right, I called him MJ. The video brought me back there.

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