Top Five Scary Patents
—Chosen by the Wyoming State Library Reference Staff

Number 5: 748,284—Method of Preserving the Dead, by J. Karwowski, 1903.

Number 4: 1,123,683—Process for Extracting Metals from Living Bodies by T. M. Clague, 1915.

Number 3: 1,256,594—Safety Suit for Aviators by A. Rodal, 1918.

Number 2: 1,204,437—Means for Correcting the Human Hand for Musical Purposes by V. Heinze, 1916.

Number 1: 3,216,423—Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force by G.B. Blonsky, et. al., 1963.