Retired patent examiner turned Rube Goldberg

By at 3:27 am Saturday, Apr 17

Arthur Paul Pedrick was a UK patent examiner who retired and filed many patents for whacky, impractical inventions.
A horse-powered car, putting the cart before the horse. To control the speed, the car's accelerator pedal varies the thrust which the horse must exert to reach its feedbox 2. The brake pedal is linked to the horse's halter. The ignition switch can give the horse's posterior a mild electric shock to stimulate it into movement.
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