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Wacky patent thread

Posted: August 19th, 2016, 8:54 pm
by zildjian
Many thanks to Martin for this gem of a site
contestant#1;

Imagehébergeur images

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3738517.pdf

Inflatable camper

Posted: August 19th, 2016, 9:02 pm
by zildjian

Re: Wacky patent thread

Posted: August 20th, 2016, 3:03 pm
by Alexd
suppose this idea became those emergency shelters that turn up on the news at some crime scene, so that sort of makes sense but if it was porous presumably you could wake up with it wrapped around/over you

Re: Wacky patent thread

Posted: August 20th, 2016, 6:19 pm
by zildjian
Browsing some of these designs today, there appear an awful lot people keen to re-patent the wheel as their own, numerous little brackets and bolted on bits that many here would take for granted quite honestly,
there are a few I reckon might have some application
this;
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as a kit you could install to anypickup and remove to refit maybe, this has been mentioned enough times here as a lining up device but never as a locking tool

Re: Wacky patent thread

Posted: August 21st, 2016, 4:17 pm
by derestrictor
None of the loading plans that ever get mentioned here make any provision for uneven ground though and most campsites wont be like a car park
and that one here seems no different

Patent pending Mark

Posted: August 23rd, 2016, 7:49 pm
by zildjian