List of celebrity inventors
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The following is a list of celebrity inventors and their patents. (For the purposes of this article, an inventor is a person who has been granted a patent.) After Google released a patent search [1] online in December 2006, a website called Ironic Sans,[2] made the public aware of a number of celebrity patents found through the new patent search engine.
Additional lists of inventors can be found at List of inventors. See also Category:Inventors.
A
- George Antheil, U.S. patent 2,292,387 — with co-inventor Hedy Lamarr, used a code (stored on punched paper tape) to synchronize random frequencies later known as frequency hopping spread spectrum radio for jam-proof remote control of torpedoes. This work led to their posthumous induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
B
- Marlon Brando,[2] U.S. patent 6812392 — Drumhead tensioning device and method.[4] An invention which makes it possible to tune a drum.
- Gary Burghoff,[2] U.S. patent 5235774 — Enhanced fish attractor device.[5] A way of luring fish up closer, to attract them, so they are easier to fish.
C
- Harry Connick, Jr.,[2] U.S. patent 6348648 — System and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra.[6] An electronic system, a device with a screen, used to show the sheet music for the musicians, for example in an orchestra, while they are playing, instead of the more commonly used paper. Connick uses this system when performing with his big band.[7]
- Jamie Lee Curtis,[2] U.S. patent 4753647 — Infant garment.[8] A disposable baby diaper with pockets containing one or more removable clean-up wipers.
D
- Walt Disney[2]
- U.S. patent 2201689 — Art of animation.[9] A device/method that allows the animator to, for example, make a more realistic looking shadow for a moving character in an animation.
- U.S. patent 2942516 — Panoramic motion picture presentation arrangement (co-invented with Ub Iwerks).[10] A method of presenting a continuous motion picture on a circular screen, also known as Circle-Vision 360°.
F
- Charles Fleischer,[2] U.S. patent 4219959 — Toy egg.[11] A toy adapted for pulling, stretching, and bouncing which includes two intertwined helically cut shells.
G
- Uri Geller,[12] U.S. patent 5726383 — Telephone radiation shield (co-inventor). A radiation shield for cellular phones.
- Enver Gjokaj,[13] U.S. patent 8121471 — Focusing system for motion picture camera.
H
- Harry Houdini,[2] U.S. patent 1370316 — Diver's suit.[14] A new type of diving suit that is easier to put on and take off, and is able to better handle water pressure.
- Howard Hughes, — Steel bra.
- Jamie Hyneman, U.S. patent 6458008 — Remote control device with gyroscopic stabilization and directional control.
J
- Michael Jackson,[2] U.S. patent 5255452 — Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion (co-inventor).
- Penn Jillette,[2] U.S. patent 5920923 — Hydro-therapeutic stimulator. A spa designed to stimulate a female user with water jets.
- John Arthur ("Jack") Johnson,[2] U.S. patent 1413121 — Wrench. An adjustable wrench designed to be taken apart for easy cleaning.
K
- Danny Kaye,[2] U.S. patent D166807 — Blowout toy or the like (co-inventor)
L
- Hedy Lamarr, Template:U.S. Patent — with co-inventor George Antheil, frequency hopping spread spectrum radio for jam-proof remote control of torpedoes. This work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
- Abraham Lincoln,[2] U.S. patent 6469 — [method for] Buoying vessels over shoals.
- George Lucas[2]
- U.S. patent D264109 — Toy action figure (co-inventor, with Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnston). The ornamental design for a Boba Fett toy action figure.
- U.S. patent D265108 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with McQuarrie, Phil Tippett). The ornamental design for a tauntaun toy figure.
- U.S. patent D265109 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with Stuart Freeborn, McQuarrie). The ornamental design for a toy figure.
- U.S. patent D265330 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with McQuarrie, Johnston). The ornamental design for a droid toy figure.
- U.S. patent D265331 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with McQuarrie). The ornamental design for an IG-88 toy figure.
- U.S. patent D265332 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with McQuarrie, Johnston). The ornamental design for a snowtrooper toy figure.
- U.S. patent D265668 — Toy space vehicle (co-inventor, with Johnston). The ornamental design for a twin-pod cloud car toy.
- U.S. patent D265754 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with McQuarrie, Johnston, Freeborn). The ornamental design for a Yoda toy figure.
- U.S. patent D266685 — Toy figure (co-inventor, with Freeborn and McQuarrie). The ornamental design for a Greedo toy figure.
- U.S. patent D266777 — Toy vehicle (co-inventor, with Johnston). The ornamental design for an AT-AT toy.
- U.S. patent D267025 — Toy space vehicle (co-inventor, with McQuarrie and Johnston). The ornamental design for a snowspeeder toy.
M
- Zeppo Marx,[2] U.S. patent 3473526 — Cardiac pulse rate monitor (co-inventor)
- Steve McQueen, U.S. patent bnA7AAAAEBAJ — Bucket seat shell
N
- Julie Newmar,[2] U.S. patent 3914799 — Pantyhose with shaping band for cheeky derriere relief.
P
- Prince,[2] U.S. patent D349127 — Portable electronic keyboard musical instrument. The ornamental design for a portable electronic keyboard musical instrument.
S
- Steven Spielberg, U.S. patent D401951 — Dolly track switch (co-inventor)
T
- Mark Twain[2]
- U.S. patent 121992 — Improvement in adjustable and detachable straps for garments.
- U.S. patent 140245 — Improvement in scrap-books.
- U.S. patent 324535 — Game apparatus.
V
- Eddie Van Halen,[2] U.S. patent 4656917 — Musical instrument support.
W
- Lawrence Welk,[2] U.S. patent D170898 — Ash tray.
- Paul Winchell[2][15]
- U.S. patent 3042086 — Device for filling blood containers.
- U.S. patent 3063235 — Warning indicator for interrupted power supply for freezers.
- U.S. patent 3063563 — Tandem sifter for flour and other products.
- U.S. patent 3071113 — Retractable fountain pen.
- U.S. patent 3077177 — Warning indicators for interrupted power supply of freezers.
- U.S. patent 3079160 — Guideway selector for multi-track records.
- U.S. patent 3079486 — Electrical heater for a container.
- U.S. patent 3097366 — Artificial heart.
- U.S. patent 3110424 — Pouring expediter for sugar, salt and the like.
- U.S. patent 3110501 — Laminated disc pad phonograph records.
- U.S. patent 3120192 — Hand pump for transferring liquids.
- U.S. patent 3128477 — Non-bulging garter fastener.
- U.S. patent 3129001 — Inverted novelty mask.
- U.S. patent 3133140 — Lens cover.
- U.S. patent 3809463 — Animation cells [sic] and technique.
- U.S. patent D216371 — Jewelry pendant or similar article. A design combining the Star of David with the Christian cross.
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Google Patents
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".