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January 17, 2011, 05:48:18 AM
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US Patent #5,443,036: Method of Exercising a Cat
I was bored and looking through random images before going to bed (realizing I had forgotten to put the comforter in the dryer and had to wait 40 minutes), and I found this:
 At first, I thought it was a joke, so I looked it up. Turns out that Method of Exercising a Cat is a real patent. It's moving a laser pointer around to make a cat follow it. More info: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5443036.html PDF: http://www.google.com/patents/downlo...erview_r&cad=0 Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; January 17, 2011 at 06:07:13 AM. |
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#2
January 17, 2011, 05:54:23 AM
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Does this mean I have to frigging pay someone because I use a laser pointer to play with my cats?
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#3
January 17, 2011, 06:14:29 AM
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Interesting. I never knew cats could be trained in such an unusual way.
*Takes out his laser pointer, moves it on the floor and waits for Cat to do his exercise* 
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#4
January 17, 2011, 06:20:34 AM
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Now we all know your weakness Cat. xD But seriously, I never expected such a thing.
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#5
January 17, 2011, 06:33:02 AM
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*grabs laser pointer and chuckles evilly*
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#6
January 17, 2011, 06:42:50 AM
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Now we can control Cat to follow our commands. Ha ha.
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#7
January 17, 2011, 02:38:54 PM
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 that's a patent?Guess the government found out that cats liked laser pointers before the rest of us did...
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#8
January 17, 2011, 06:01:31 PM
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I always make my cat follow around my laser. Sometimes my sister steals it and makes her run into walls. Evil sister.
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#9
January 17, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
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ahhhh, warm comforter.
But seriously, you can patent things like that? I doubt the person who patented it was the first person to come up with the idea. |
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January 18, 2011, 08:04:43 PM
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I've done this by taking my four DSes and using their screens to reflect light at various angles across my room. When a cat has to chase multiple objects it's cutely cruelly fun to watch them disorient themselves by trying to do so.
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#11
January 19, 2011, 06:06:23 AM
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Quote:
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#12
January 19, 2011, 05:57:11 PM
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Well, you know what else was patented? All of these.
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#13
January 20, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
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If THIS can be patented, then I'm going to save up so I can patent "Method of Placing a Dish Into a Dishwasher."
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