__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Friday 12 January 2007 18:11 \__
> on Jan 12 2007 15:52 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Last year, in a different newsgroup, someone joked about (the idea
>> of) a patent describing a method for wiping one's own arse ..
>
> United States Patent 6,628,789
> Colby September 30, 2003
> Talking toilet paper holder
>
> "A motion sensing switch and associated electronics causes a recorded
> message to play when said toilet paper holder is turned or otherwise
> moved"
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yz3ysy
>
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6628789
What a bunch of s**t (pun).
Improving or degrading nature's 101. One patent every 5 mintes.
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