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Inventions that shaped daily life from odd patents
University of Baltimore law professor Kenneth Lasson curates 100 brilliant and bizarre patent mentions for his book Rousetraps and Muffling Ips. From eyeglass wipers to escape hatch offices, many ideas failed yet some became common items like the carpet sweeper, the vacuum cleaner, and the insect zapper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lasson
Lasson
U.S
Donald Partridge
Los Angeles
Melville Isell
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Iley
Cleveland
Robert Iley
Philadelphia