Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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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
patents.google.com/patent/US1749090

High Five Apparatus
patents.google.com/patent/US5356330A/en

Butt Kicking Machine
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US20060094518A1.pdf

Butt Kicking Machine X4
patents.google.com/patent/US6293874

Toilet Breather
patents.google.com/patent/US4320756A/en

Saluting Hat
patents.google.com/patent/US556248A/en

Rat Treadmill
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US6880487B2.pdf

Brass Monkey Ball Drop
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US4634021A.pdf

Plow Gun
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US35600A.pdf

Bathing Machine
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US3483572A.pdf

Baby Flinger
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US3216423A.pdf

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
wilsongunn.com/history/history_patents.html
uspto.gov/patents/milestones
https://www.wipo.int/en/ipfactsandfigures/patents
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2022002358&_cid=P22-LH9PCZ-05783-1
patents.google.com/patent/US1749090
atlasobscura.com/articles/criminal-confession-skeleton-patent
popularmechanics.com/science/a33811519/insane-patent-of-the-week-this-animatronic-skeleton-interrogator-from-1930
atlasobscura.com/articles/criminal-confession-skeleton-patent
patents.google.com/patent/US1749090
patents.google.com/patent/US5356330A/en
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US5356330A.pdf
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US20060094518A1.pdf
patents.google.com/patent/US6293874
patents.google.com/patent/US4320756A/en
patents.google.com/patent/US556248A/en
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22412172
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US6880487B2.pdf
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US4634021A.pdf
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US35600A.pdf
planetpatent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/US3483572A.pdf

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