Assignment 10- part 2
Ridiculous patent 2
This patent is "Device for the quick and easy use of a small size cellular telephone"
US 6796467 B2



The basic idea behind this patent is to have a contraption connected on one end to the wrist/lower forearm of a subject and on the other end is attached to a small flip phone. The use of this device is for the quick draw of the phone.

The device works by having the phone closed and stored on the inner side of the lower forearm. At this position the vibrate of a phone call or sms message would be easily felt against the arm in any situation. With the other hand, the user then pulls the phone forward and the tracks extend so that the phone moves from the lower forearm past the wrist and into the palm. The phone is then opened and either used in a phone call or text. When finished the phone is flipped shut and pushed back so that the tracks condense and the phone ends up back on the lower forearm.

With regard to obviousness and anticipation, none of the mechanics are new in any way, but the idea that these mechanics would be attached to a human forearm and used for a small flip phone are quite novel. I don't personally know of anything that is any anyway similar to this. This is mostly because I believe this is an awful idea, but either way I think this would be a valid patent as I do believe it is non obvious.