Let’s hear it for the modern age.
Bathing Apparatus, 1902
Not actually a method of displaying disembodied heads, the Bathing Apparatus turned an "ordinary bath-tub commonly found in houses" into a steam or vapor bath. Sounds great! Very relaxing. Except, of course, that you're trapped in a tiny enclosed space with a "suitable vaporizing apparatus" which is more likely giving you third degree burns than it is any sense of serenity.
U.S. Patent No. 714,659 / Via ipwatchdog.com
Combined Plow and Gun, 1862
Ok, sure, just one tiny question: why?
U.S. Patent No. 35,600 / Via weirdworm.com
Creeping Doll, 1871
Pretty sure this was an episode of The Twilight Zone, and pretty sure it ended in murder.
U.S. Patent No. 112,550 / Via thehistoryblog.com
Improved Fire Escape, 1879
Ohhh, ok, so not "fire escape" as in the physical structure outside your window. "Fire escape" as in the act of escaping fire via parachute hat and platform elastic shoes? My mistake.
U.S. Patent 221,855 / Via neatorama.com
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