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Nice to see that dumb patents are not constrained to recent times.
by anonu 4y ago
Nice to see that dumb patents are not constrained to recent times.
- progre 4y agoI mean, yes, it is dumb. But the patent is for the manufacturing process as applied to toothpicks. It's not for the invention of The Toothpick
- mhb 4y agoIs it really so obvious that compressing soft wood would produce a better toothpick?
- ftkftk 4y agoIt is not.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoToothpick Bro
- patpending 4y agoNot at all dumb. Source: I worked summers making toothpicks in one of the Forster mills (the name is in the patent). Toothpick making was big business in Maine until the late 1970's. It's mostly done overseas now.
- pretdl 4y ago
- baking 4y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Toothpick-Technology-Culture-Henry-Petroski/dp/030727943X https://www.amazon.com/Toothpick-Technology-Culture-Henry-Pe... Manufactured wood toothpicks were actually a new thing. Previously, after a meal people would take a stick and whittle it to a rough point and then after a little bit of use it would get mushy and they would effectively brush their teeth with it.