List of celebrity inventors
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An Inventor is defined here as a person who have been granted a patent.
The following is a list of celebrity inventors and their patents. After Google released a patent search [1] online in December 2006, a website called Ironic Sans[2], made the public aware of a number of celebrity patents found through the new patent search engine.
Additional lists of inventors can be found at List of Inventors. See also Category:Inventors.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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- Marlon Brando [2], Patent #6812392 — Drumhead tensioning device and method. [3] An invention which makes it possible to tune a drum.
- Gary Burghoff [2], Patent #5235774 — Enhanced fish attractor device. [4] A way of luring fish up closer, to attract them, so they are easier to fish.
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- Harry Connick, Jr. [2], Patent #6,348,648 — System and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra. [5] An electronic system, a device with a screen, used to show the sheet music for the musicians, for example in an orchestra, while they're playing, instead of the more commonly used paper. Harry Connick Jr. uses this system for example when he's touring with his big band.[6]
- Jamie Lee Curtis [2], Patent #4,753,647 — Infant garment. [7] A disposable baby diaper with pockets containing one or more removable clean-up wipers.
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- Walt Disney [2], Patent #2,201,689 — Art of animation [8] A device / method that allows the animator to, for example, make a more realistic looking shadow for a moving character in an animation.
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- Charles Fleischer [2], Patent #4,219,959 — Toy egg [9] A type of bouncy ball, consisting of two halfs, only it's cut in a certain way, so that the ball can be pulled and stretched as well as bounce.
[edit] H
- Harry Houdini:[2] Patent #1,370,316 — Diver’s suit.[10] A new type of diving suit to make it easier to take the suit on and off, and to better handle the water pressure.
- Felicity Huffman:[11][12] Application #11381022 - Maternity pillow.[13] A type of pillow that can be attached to for example a chair, for support of the user's head, neck, or back. Can also be used to rest an infant while nursing.
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- Michael Jackson [2], Patent #5,255,452 — Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion
- Penn Jillette [2], Patent #5,920,923 — Hydro-therapeutic stimulator
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- Danny Kaye [2], Patent #D166,807 — Blowout toy or the like
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- Hedy Lamarr [2], Patent #2,292,387 — Secret communication system
- Abraham Lincoln [2], Patent #6,469 — [Method of] Buoying vessels over shoals
- George Lucas [2], Patent #D265,754 — Toy figure
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- Zeppo Marx [2], Patent #3,473,526 — Cardiac pulse rate monitor
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- Julie Newmar [2], Patent #3,914,799 — Pantyhose with shaping band for cheeky derriere relief
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- Mark Twain [2], Patent #140,245 — Improvement in scrap-books
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- Eddie Van Halen [2], Patent #4,656,917 — Musical instrument support
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- Lawrence Welk [2], Patent #D170,898 — Welk ash tray
- Paul Winchell [2], Patent #3,097,366 — Artificial Heart
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Google Patent Search.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Celebrity Patents (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
- ^ Drumhead tensioning device and method.
- ^ Enhanced fish attractor device.
- ^ System and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra.
- ^ Harry Connick Jr. Uses Macs At Heart Of New Music Patent.
- ^ Infant garment.
- ^ Art of animation.
- ^ Toy egg - Charles J. Fleischer.
- ^ DIVER S STTIT HAKBY HOTTDINI
- ^ Felicity Huffman: A Mother of Invention, celebrity-babies.com, January 18, 2007
- ^ 10 Questions: Felicity Huffman, Modern Mom, August 6, 2007
- ^ MATERNITY PILLOW Felicity Huffman, Google Patent Search
