2005-11-07

resqgeek: (Default)
2005-11-07 09:36 pm
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A curious invention

US Patent No. 3,216,423: Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force, patented Nov. 9, 1965
Pictures and text from the patent )

Okay, so this is civilized? Any comments from the ladies? I laugh everytime I see this patent, in part because I simply can't imagine any woman actually submitting to this. I think the best touch, though, is the net to catch the baby.