The Weird Patent for a Better Mousetrap

You know the saying: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." But improving on the mousetrap is tough—just ask Joseph Barad and Edward Markoff. Their attempt, "Device Employed for Exterminating Rats, Mice and Other Animals," was patented in 1908, and "better" is not how we'd describe it. "Weird" and "ridiculous" might be more apt..
You know the saying: Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. But improving on the mousetrap is tough—just ask Joseph Barad and Edward Markoff. Their attempt, Device Employed for Exterminating Rats, Mice and Other Animals

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