Best Pattent Ever

[missioncontrol]

http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05443036__


Method of exercising a cat

A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way fascinating to cats, and to any other animal with a chase instinct.

[ChadTower]

someone patented playing with a cat?

[Jess--]

damn...

does that mean that I cant carry on with making my cat climb the walls going after mo 40mw green laser

Hang on... he specified handheld.... I guess I will have to hold it with my foot

[Harry Potter]

Whatever happened to tying a can to the cat's tail.

[ChadTower]

Whatever happened to tying a can to the cat's tail.

Patent it.

[Harry Potter]

I could patent that tying cans to the back of a wedding car instead. $$$HEHEHE$$$

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Patents like this make baby Jesus cry.

[ChadTower]

Well, that's what a patent is for, yes?  For copyrighting a method of doing something?

All it means is that no one else can build and market a device that automates cat exercise using a moving laser pointer.

[MustardTent]

Patent != copyright.

(Just a note.  These two get confused too often.)

[versapak]

Patents like this make baby Jesus cry.

Baby Jesus sure is a sobbibg lil s.o.b..

Seems like he cries over everything these days. All that silly turn the other cheek stuff just brings out the pansy I guess.


j/k (maybe)


Anyway...


I am going to be patenting light (in all forms, visible or not) itself.

[nipsmg]

There's this great thing called "Prior Art" that can be used to invalidate a patent.

Or in this case, slapping the patent agent in the back of the head might be just as effective.

[Harry Potter]

Or in this case, slapping the patent agent in the back of the head might be just as effective.

That's what should have been done to the guy who approved the MAME tradenark (Yeah I know it's not a patent but he should still be slapped around)

[missioncontrol]

9 replies and no one has offered to patent someone in their mouth yet

[Harry Potter]

We were all waiting for you.

[ChadTower]

Seriously, if we used that, you would have nothing to contribute.

[Harry Potter]

And I'd be free doing god knows what. Buying up huge amounts of ferteliser is an option.

[Samstag]

So how exactly do you get a cat interested in a "beam of invisible light?"

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

[missioncontrol]

when the cat heads for the litter box insted of where you think your pointing the light, well then, I think the batteries are dead.....

[Havok]

You must now pay a licensing fee if you wish to play with your cat in this manner.

Seph - you're ok. The manner in which you play with your cat, while perverse, has not been patented...

[Harry Potter]

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

Point directly into the cat's eye and if it doesn't smash into any walls....

[versapak]

So how exactly do you get a cat interested in a "beam of invisible light?"

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

The beam of light is invisible to the human eye, but the spot where it makes contact with an opaque surface shows the light.

In other words... Your typical red laser pointer.


Cats go nuts over that little red dot bouncing all over the place.

So do little children actually.

I have amused myself quite a few times, having my kids running all over the place trying to catch that mysterious red dot. (Though this may be behaviour learned from the pet, and may not be recommended, as it is probably akin to being raised by wolves)

[missioncontrol]

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

Point directly into the cat's eye and if it doesn't smash into any walls....

dude the visual of the southpark you pointing the laser into a cat's eye just to see him hit a wall was to funny

[Jess--]

I am going to be patenting light (in all forms, visible or not) itself.

certainly prior art... I seem to remember there being some guy who said "Let there be light"

mind you I dont think he applied for the patent on it so I suppose you could do a david foley and try to register it in your own name to "protect" his work

[versapak]

I am going to be patenting light (in all forms, visible or not) itself.

certainly prior art... I seem to remember there being some guy who said "Let there be light"

mind you I dont think he applied for the patent on it so I suppose you could do a david foley and try to register it in your own name to "protect" his work

Well... That is the plan.

If I get called on it, I will just claim it is an attempt to get the "real" creator to enforce it.

[Samstag]

So how exactly do you get a cat interested in a "beam of invisible light?"

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

The beam of light is invisible to the human eye, but the spot where it makes contact with an opaque surface shows the light.

Well that would be visible light then, wouldn't it?  Or are you saying that sunlight is also invisible light until it makes contact with something?

[ChadTower]

Almost all light is invisible until it is either reflected or aborbed by an object.  Only under very specific circumstances do you ever see light itself.

Basic physics here...

[versapak]

So how exactly do you get a cat interested in a "beam of invisible light?"

And how do you know when your batteries are dead?

The beam of light is invisible to the human eye, but the spot where it makes contact with an opaque surface shows the light.

Well that would be visible light then, wouldn't it? Or are you saying that sunlight is also invisible light until it makes contact with something?

ummmmm

I never said the light wasn't visible.


I said the beam wasn't. 


You can get green laser pointers, where the beam is visible. At night you can see the beam from a flashlight.


Other lights can be seen as well, though the less focused they are, then the less visible any beam will be, though you can usually see the haloing effect all around the light in its imidiate proximity.


But anyway...

Nothing serious to speak about here, so regardless of whether I'm right or wrong, I was mainly just pointing out that it was obviously (to me anyway) talking about a laser pointer.