Don't let broken laces tie up your schedule: all you need is to carry one of these emergency shoelaces glued to the arch of every heeled shoe you wear and you'll be back on your feet within moments.
All of the patents listed on this page were officially issued by the U.S. Patent Office. Don't blame me for inventing them or successfully prosecuting them to grant: I'm only a legal assistant in the nebulous patent world. My only wish is to share the oddities of human imagination, as exemplified by the weirdnesses herein. Don't think that I own any of these products, either. Chances are they don't and never will exist anywhere beyond writing; they say that only 1 out of 20 patents actually makes it into the tangible world. With over seven million U.S. patents granted so far, that means most of those inventions are, well, just words.