Think people have gone over the edge with patent craziness? If not, this entry might just sway you. The Washington Post reports that an Ohio man has received a patent for a cordless jumprope. That’s right, just the handles, none of that inconvenient rope. After all, the exercise is all in the jumping, right?

cordless jumprope

I thought that one was bad but then followed a link to a most excellent site, Patently Silly, where all the latest “inventions of note” are duly analyzed and lampooned. No doubt, one of these will hit it big (my bet, “house slippers” in the Midwest…..) Their tagline? “The humor of invention.” Priceless.

“house slippers”

“gas combustion hair dryer” (my note: single use item)

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