Top 10 Weird Invention Ideas You Never Heard About

If you’ve ever been up at 3 am watching infomercials, you’ll wonder in amazement at the weird inventions that someone had to come up with.

And some of them are making incredible money off of the invention.

Some of those great ideas never make it to infomercial heaven. Some of the devices are so weird, they’re relegated to articles like this one.

Keep reading for the top 10 weird inventions that you never heard of.

1. Tomatan

Have you ever wanted to run and eat tomatoes at the same time?

Tomatan is a robot that sits on your shoulders. The robot feeds you tomatoes as you run. It was created by a Japanese vegetable juice company Kagome.

Tomatan weighs about 18 pounds, so you’ll be carrying the extra weight of the robot along with the tomatoes when you’re running. It makes for a more intense workout, and you’ll need the tomatoes to fuel up during your run.

2. Chain Smoking Device

It’s fun to watch old movies and see women smoking cigarettes on a long stick. It used to embody class and elegance.

Someone came up with a genius idea to take a smoking stick and instead of having one cigarette, you can have 20.

That’s an entire pack of cigarettes. Now, they all don’t have to be lit at the same time, but that’s still a lot of nicotine to take in at once.

3. Soccer Goal Chairs

If your mom ever said don’t play ball in the house, she never heard of soccer goal chairs.

These are chairs that have wider legs than standard chairs. In between the legs is a soccer net, creating a goal that you’re sitting on.

You can have two chairs facing each other for a one-on-one battle and make sitting down a fun game.

4. Butter Stick Type

This is actually a somewhat useful weird invention. This is one of those things that you see and think to yourself “why didn’t I think of that.”

Think of a glue stick that’s filled with butter.

It was first invented by a cricket player in 1867 because he wanted a quick way to butter his scones during a tea break.

5. Cat Mew

Mouse traps can be messy to deal with. What if you had a device that can deter mice and save you from having to set mouse traps and clean them up.

The Cat-Mew was invented in 1963 to scare mice and rats. It’s a mechanical cat whose eyes light up each time it meows. It meows 10 times a minute, which is annoying enough to drive mice, rats and you crazy.

6. Anti Pervert Stockings

We all need a way to deter perverts while we’re sleeping and walking down the street.

That’s why there are these fabulous anti-pervert stockings. They’re stockings that are full of hair, which makes you look like you haven’t shaved.

Ever.

While they’re great for repelling perverts, they’re also good at repelling just about anyone else.

7. Ping Pong Door

One of the most difficult things about living in an apartment is having enough room for fun things like a ping pong table.

The door swings open like a normal door, and it folds down to create a ping-pong table.

On the downside, the ping pong door will make one of your doors green like a ping pong table. It’s also pricey to install.

8. Ab Hancer

A list of weird inventions wouldn’t be complete without some kind of fitness gimmick.

The Ab Hancer takes the award for weirdest fitness inventions. It’s even better than the Shake Weight.

If you’ve ever dreamed of having 6 pack abs, you can have them in minutes. That’s without changing your diet or going to the gym. You just wrap the Ab Hancer around your belly and it will shape your abs into a 6 pack.

9. Dry Side of the Bench

It’s not fun to sit on a bench, only to find that it’s wet.

There is now a bench that has a handle on the end that you can turn to give you the dry side of the bench.

It’s genius and practical at the same time!

10. Baby Scooter Stroller

Let’s face it, you have a busy life. You have a job, kids, and there isn’t enough time in the day to do what needs to be done.

The Baby Stroller Scooter Hybrid gives you a lower body workout, gets you where you need to go, and takes baby along with you for the ride.

What to Do When Inspiration Strikes?

The funny thing about inventions is that about half them happen by accident. What can you do when inspiration strikes and you have a weird invention of your own?

Before you start to dream of the millions you’ll make, the first thing that you’ll want to do is check the viability of the invention. Inventors are optimistic people, and about 78% of them feel they have an invention worth at least $1 million.

The reality is that 5% of them make it to the market and make that kind of money.

Set aside your optimism and give yourself a real reality check before you invest a lot of money on patents and starting a business to support your invention.

Take the time to research your market and competition. You should also do some analysis as to how much money you can really make off of your product.

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Final Thoughts on Weird Inventions

It doesn’t take much to come up with a weird invention. You can recognize a need or just have an idea that you want to pursue.

Thousands of people come up with ideas every day that are worth protecting. When you get hit with a moment of inspiration, you’ll want to make sure that you have an idea that’s worth protecting. Then take the steps to protect your idea.

For more amazingly weird articles, check out these on the industrial revolution and weird facts about metals.

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