Re: Exercising a Cat and Wikipatents


Barry Lennox wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:42:35 GMT, myrealaddress@xxxxxxxxx (D from BC)
wrote:

While searching for IC's I came across this:
http://www.wikipatents.com/

Looks like a site for the public to comment on patents.
Maybe...
Comments like "You ***..you stole my idea!" :)
Or....
You can ridicule patent 5443036: Using a laser pointer to
exercise your cat.
Geeeezz....
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5443036
&id=OfwkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5443036
One of the lamest patents I know of.

Why would somebody patent that?

A friend did a version of that to exercise the cat. Stapped a laser
pointer to the ceiling fan with a bit if duct tape, and set it to low
speed. Kept the cat exercised for several minutes at a time, then it
would loose interest for maybe 30 minutes, then "rediscover" it.

My burmese cat loses interest in a laser pointer quite quickly. He
likes fetching things like a dog, so I can keep him running around by
throwing them whenever he brings them back, without too much energy
expenditure on my part.

Leon

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