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Entertaining Cat With A Laser (Patent)
- zdw 16y agoWell, I violate that one on a regular basis...
- ck2 16y agoHow can you patent something that exists in two separate forms: 1. playing with cat 2. flashing a laser around Or is that like mixing chocolate with peanut butter and making a new candy to patent? There has to be prior art before 1995 no? (look how large that laser is! mine is the size of a AAA battery) So can I patent making a ball out of tin-foil and throwing it around with my cat (she chases it like crazy).
- grovulent 16y agoWell - I just lodged a patent: Method of entertaining a human with a cat. PISS OFF IT'S MINE!
- drallison 16y agoAmusing still, but one of the longtime examples of an obvious invention.
- srean 16y agoAm I the only one reminded of this Monty Python classic Confuse a cat :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM
- Sharanga 16y ago"The involuntary and almost imperceptibly slight movements of the hand holding the laser device of the present invention creates a jittery animated effect in the light pattern at the opaque intersection appealing to cats even when the device is held essentially steady." I hope the production model infantry laser rifle of the future is forced to include patent 5,443,036 on account that even in the hands of a bio-mechanical super-soldier, the jittering effect of the laser's appeal to cats was patented decades earlier.
- jayzee 16y agoWebcatting: Saw this last month at NYU's ITP http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/screenshot.jpg http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/s... Natalie's blog: http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/ http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/