nemo
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Post by nemo on Jul 25, 2006 11:45:17 GMT -6
from an actual search of the US Patent Office!
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Post by kd5mdk on Jul 25, 2006 17:03:26 GMT -6
What part were they patenting? Something funny is happening in the middle of the grip (and elsewhere).
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Post by fox on Jul 26, 2006 6:36:00 GMT -6
No doubt the very blade wielded by Donald the Barbarian!
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Post by JEC on Jul 26, 2006 7:49:49 GMT -6
It should be Donald, the cannibal !
Impaling another duck for guard ornament.
The grip is for a two non-overlapping hand sword.
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Post by kd5mdk on Jul 26, 2006 8:17:41 GMT -6
Then again, what were they patenting?
If anyone should be called "the Barbarian", it should be Cohen, and his daughter (I forget her name), the Barbarian Hairdresser.
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Post by schlager7 on Jul 26, 2006 12:00:40 GMT -6
I don't know if this will make things any clearer (and I can't believe I took it upon myself to do this at all), but I did find the following on the US Patents search page:
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United States Patent D451,571
Barker, II December 4, 2001
Duck sword
Claims
The ornamental design for a duck sword, as shown and described.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Barker, II; Robert W. (Niceville, FL) Appl. No.: 135289 Filed: January 10, 2001
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Current U.S. Class: D22/118 Field of Search: D22/118,117 D21/568,567 30/295,340,346 446/405,406,473
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References Cited [Referenced By]
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U.S. Patent Documents D225527 December 1972 Cole D358022 May 1995 Williams D361104 August 1995 Choi
Other References US Cavalry, Dragon Head Katana, 1996, p. 88..
Primary Examiner: Oliver; Catherine R. Attorney, Agent or Firm: Loffler; Peter
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Description
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the duck sword;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged front elevation view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 is an enlarged rear elevation view thereof.
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Post by vraptor on Jul 26, 2006 14:50:36 GMT -6
Soooo... If you scored a hit with this thing, instead of yelling "et la!", would you yell "AFLAC!"?
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Post by nemo on Jul 26, 2006 19:36:35 GMT -6
And you thought I was making this stuff up! I'm good, but I'm not THAT good!
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Post by Geezer on Jul 27, 2006 8:05:48 GMT -6
Perhaps there is some devise, a hidden speaker screaming the warning..."DUCK!"...whenever it senses danger, or contacts another blade...? Yep, I'd put it right up-there with 'lame pants'...!
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Post by fightgal on Jul 28, 2006 14:13:44 GMT -6
Huh. I'm thinking the duck handle would make it fit well into a staff or umbrella as a hidden sword (you see that kind of thing a lot a Rennaissance faires) but the ducky swimming in the guard makes me think it would need a lot of room to fit inside anything. Samurai Donald?
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Post by Geezer on Jul 31, 2006 10:53:01 GMT -6
Soooo...you think this thing isn't what it's "QUACKED-up" to be?
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Post by kd5mdk on Jul 31, 2006 20:11:22 GMT -6
I rather like the idea of a sword-cane, but only with a more attractive handle.
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Post by artso9 on Jul 31, 2006 22:36:07 GMT -6
Taking notice of the grip, why isn't this a two-handed duck sword?
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