Dec 9, 2010 — See vintage photos of totally useless inventions from LIFE magazine's archives.
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Afraid your baby's not getting enough fresh air? Simply place it in a wiry basket precariously dangled from your high-rise apartment window. A nanny "supervises" a baby in a tenement building, 1937. (Fox Photos/Getty Images/Courtesy of LIFE)
Totally Random And Useless Inventions
by Claire O'Neill
Thursday is random day. At least it is today, on this blog. So here are some random and useless — and in some cases downright preposterous — inventions that LIFE has curated from its archives. There are plenty more where these came from, including but certainly not limited to a curved gun barrel and a cigarette umbrella. Happy almost-Friday!
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