Thanks to Patently Silly, I have discovered some very weird patents issued by the USPTO. Many people get piercings. Some are creative, some are bold, and some are just placed in the most obscure places. People have different reasons for body-piercing jewelry, but I'm sure everyone will be surprised when their piercings start vibrating. U.S. Patent No. 6,865,907 describes a body-piercing jewelry with a vibrating motor unit, for a certain purpose I cannot think of.
Something very interesting to note is how these piercings will house such tiny motor as well as a power source, which will have to be some of the smallest batteries. Another question that comes to mind is if the piercings will hold in place when it starts vibrating or cause potential injuries on the user's body. I definitely don't think it's obvious, but some people may find it a novel item. For whatever reason these would be used for, I'd be interested in how they engineer this technology.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6865907.PN.&OS=PN/6865907&RS=PN/6865907
I'd imagine this patent fails to actually be useful. I mean, a vibrating piercing sounds much more detrimental than it is beneficial. Wouldn't something like this hurt or just cause piercings to rip? Perhaps the inventor just had a different take on the pain haha
ReplyDeleteI guess this would work as a vibrator that is permanently attached to the person. while I imagine it could be dangerous, I'm not surprised someone thought of it. Actually I googled vibrating piercings and I guess it's a thing, so I actually think the patent is novel, non-obvious and useful and therefore valid
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that these could be potentially dangerous. However, it is none-the-less inventive.
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