As reported on Life.com. From Cat-Meow machines to Sea Shoes there have been many crazy inventions over time which for obvious reasons never took off.
Below are a few of the dumbest inventions of all time.
Baby Cage. 1937
A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.
Rainy Day Cigarette Holder, 1954President of Zeus Corp., Robert L. Stern, smoking a cigarette from his self-designed rainy day cigarette holder.
Venetian Blind Sunglasses, 1950It was a bad idea then, it's a bad idea now. Sorry, Kanye.
Phone-Answering Robot, 1964A robot designed by Claus Scholz of Vienna answers the phone, though it cannot speak. Halfway there, Claus.
Dog Restrainer, 1940
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Worst Inventions of All Time
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