4 ms·I see... patents have always been ridiculous. Unsurprising.by jheriko 17y agoI see... patents have always been ridiculous. Unsurprising.tzs 17y agoWhat is ridiculous about that patent?jacquesm 17y agoThat to any engineer worth his/her (but mostly his in that time) salt that must have been blindingly obvious. After all, the 'rack and pinion' had been around for a while and the rack really is just a gear rolled out.