Michael Jackson: Patent Titled “Method and Means for creating anti-gravity illusion”. In 1988 video for ‘Smooth Criminal’, King of Pop leans forward at close to a 45-degree angle, creating the illusion that he is defying gravity. He was wearing a pair of specially-designed shoes that could hitch into a device hidden beneath the stage. He was not the first to use to anti-gravity shoes. Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton used this idea in the 1950 movie ‘Lets Dance’. Jackson’s nickname King of Pop originated by life-long friend Elizabeth Taylor when she called him. Elvis Presley is often referred to as the King of Rock and Roll.
Mark Twin: Patent Titled “Improvement in Scrapbooks”. He had three patents but most successful was this one. The self-pasting scrapbooks had pages entirely covered with dried adhesive, which would allow the user to moisten only the area where picture was to be pasted. He was fascinated by inventions, but his enthusiasm was to prove his financial downfall. He lost a fortune investing in the Paige Typesetter which was complicated (over 18,000) parts and prone to frequent breakdowns. He eventually was forced to declare bankruptcy.
Yakov Pokhis: Patent Titled “Device for writing”. One of his early jobs was a standup comic. This invention was for a waterproof notepad, which would allow the users to jot down flashes of inspiration without danger the sheet might get wet and disintegrate. Among his many movie and TV credits was an American TV series called ‘What a country!’ and it was inspired by the British sitcom ‘Mind Your Language’.
Christie Brinkley: Patent Titled “Educational Toy”. Her invention was to aid very young children to memorize the alphabet, rather than confront them with 26 alphabets. Brinkley’s invention involves only seven distinct parts, which she believed helped young children cope and learn better.
Harry Houdini: Patent Titled “Diver’s Suit”. He claimed that his improved diving suit would allow a diver to easily remove the suit underwater in case of danger. The suit was also first one that enabled the wearer to put it on and take it off without assistance. Later he began focusing his energy on exposing psychics and mediums as fakes. His confrontation with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is perhaps well known.
Marlon Brando: Patent Titled “Drumhead tensioning device and method”. He was also an excellent drummer and had passion for playing the Conga Drums. He actually had four patents on tuning various parts of the Conga drum design.
Hedy Lamarr: Patent Titled “Secret Communication System”. At one time was called ‘the most beautiful women in Hollywood’. Her goal with the system described in her patent was to help the US war effort in WW2 to prevent radio jamming of torpedoes.
Neil Young: Patent Titled “Model Train horn control system”. He has been named as the co-inventor on seven US patents related to model trains. Many of Young’s invention are to help his son to deal with Cerebral Palsy, which prevents him from grasping objects. He is known as a O-gauge model train enthusiast and at one time was a shareholder of Lionel LLC, the designer and importer of model trains and accessories.
Charlie Sheen: Patent Titled “Chapstick dispensing apparatus”. He was so annoyed at losing caps to Chapstick dispensers that he co-invented a dispenser that has no cap instead has a snap-fit cover.
Francis Ford Coppala: Patent Titled “Garment for identifying location on body of the garment wearer”. This invention is supposed to be an aid in identifying, to another person, a hard-to-reach spot on wearer’s back that needs to be scratched. The T-shirt back shows the top view of a turtle, with the shell divided into a series of numbered rectangles.
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