Patently Christmas : Inflatable Snowmen, Singing Elves, Collapsible Trees, and Other Patented Flashes of Holiday Genius

Patently Christmas : Inflatable Snowmen, Singing Elves, Collapsible Trees, and Other Patented Flashes of Holiday Genius

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Book Description
Christmas lovers have a new reason to rejoice! Building on the exhaustive U.S. Patent Office research that spawned the cult classics Patently Ridiculous and Patently Erotic, Richard Ross presents a collection of yuletide patent applications-some puzzling, some insane, all hilarious.

Like its predecessors, Patently Christmas provides a fascinating glimpse into what happens when creativity, capitalism (and perhaps a small dose of delusion) collide. Extensively illustrated with the inventors' own diagrams, Patently Christmas is the perfect stocking stuffer, filled with new and wacky takes on time-honored Christmas traditions.

About the Author
Richard Ross is an award-winning photographer and professor based in Santa Barbara, California. He has photographed for the New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Vogue, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and has had his work displayed in galleries throughout the West.

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