Some unusual American patents

http://www.totallyabsurd.com/archive.htm

A snake walker! what the hell!

People can patent just about anything, and some idiot is bound to buy it. There's literally some novelty magazines that sell nothing but that sort of useless junk here in the U.S.

I hereby patent the idea of putting patents on things and ideas.

Some real crazy ideas...like the Birdman of Alcatraz