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Furniture
Stories containing inventions related to Furniture, tracing similar ideas across companies and years through patent drawings.
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Things · Furniture
Giving Chair Frames New Jobs: Ten Patent Drawings
Wear it on your legs. Carry it as a backpack. Turn it into a desk, ironing board, stepladder, bed, cart, stroller or exercise machine. Ten US patent drawings show chairs taking on jobs far beyond sitting.
Things · Travel
How Far Can a Suitcase Transform? 10 Strange Ideas Found in Patents
A suitcase that follows you, becomes a scooter, climbs stairs, unfolds into shelves, changes size, turns into a work table, inflates with air, carries a child, becomes a bed, or weighs itself through the handle.
Things · Smart Home
Beds That Disappear and Homes That Unfold: 10 Housing Patents
Beds that disappear into ceilings, robot kitchens, projected bathroom controls and a house that unfolds outward and upward: ten patents that make the fixed parts of a home surprisingly movable.