Brilliantly Bad

Inventions So Terrible They’Re Good

Mark Tanner

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HarperCollins
30 March 2023

Product design; Reference works; Business innovation; Patents law; DIY: general

A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve – even if it probably shouldn’t.

This collection of the strangest ideas ever patented, ranging from the bizarre and baffling to the
*oh so close
* to genius, is a true celebration of human ingenuity in all its (occasionally) pointless glory.

INVENTIONS INCLUDE:

• A coat that doubles as a urinal • A musical condom • An automated pet petter • Face-lifting earrings • A weight-lifting device for the penis

By: Mark Tanner
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9780008558659
ISBN 10: 0008558655
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Tanner is completing an MPhil in European Literature at Cambridge University. He was inspired to research into bizarre patents when he saw a photograph of an umbrella with a representation of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on the underside.