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Inventors showcase quirky patent ideas from across the nation
An Asbury Park column highlights odd inventions from Anita and Sesto Chiarotti of Royal Oak Michigan the first electric iron that never needs lifting to angular pocket designs and butterfingered football gear. It notes Arthur Parks thumb-hole footballs California thimble firm and a range of whimsical contraptions from fishbowl lampshades to self dumping wheelbarrows and snack cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Othman
Washington
Anita Chairotti
Sesto
Royal Oak
Mich
Arthur Parks
Wheaton
Ill
Mr. Parks
California Thimble Corp
Santa Barbara
Cal
Rnis
Claude M. Howser
Curtis Hughes
Forest
Tex
Hughes
Jacob B. Grinoch
New York
Friedrich W. Seckel
Hubert E. Lowry
Lawndale