For the third patent, I chose this Apparatus for Simulating a "High Five," which is quite depressing and sad invention made by an inventor named Albert Cohen.
"During a televised sporting event," the patent explains, "a 'high five' is commonly shared between fans to express the joy and excitement of a touchdown, home run, game-winning basket, birdie or other positive occurrence. Unfortunately ... a 'high five' requires the mutual hand slapping of two participants ... As such, a solitary fan is unable to perform a 'high five' to express excitement during a televised sporting event."
So this device is ridiculously made out of ridiculous reason. Since high five is require for the mutual hand slapping of two participants, whomever wants to do high five, but does not really have anyone to, they do it to this apparatus... at a sports game? Then are they bringing this apparatus at the game? There must be someone who is out thee for watch sports with and high-five with, I mean even with strangers.
At least, I find this invention very novel and new because there has no inventions that is exactly the same, or even similar. I don't find this as a potential infringement because I don't think there would be any device that tries to make a "high-five" machine or techniques.
This definitely one of the weirdest patents I've seen on students' blogs, so congrats on that! I would be curious as to what prior art, if any, this patent references. I can't think of too many things that it could possibly relate to, so I guess this is truly novel. Great work on this wacky patent!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this patent is quite ridiculous and does not seem like something people will use or need very often in their lives. Most of the times people high five, it's with other people in celebration and having a mechanical hand doesn't seem very fun. Even though it doesn't seem like a great invention, it does seem to be novel. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHola Tiffany! Great ridiculous patent! Hopefully society doesn't reach a point where we high five machines instead of humans in the next 20 years :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree with your views here. This is very ridiculous. I would definitely not want to high five this.
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