珍道具, ちんどうぐ, pronounced "chin doogu" and meaning "unusual tool", is a concept created by Kenji Kawakami (検事川上 ?) of Japan. There are thousands of members of the Chindogu society. One of the requirements is that the tool cannot be patented. [wikipedia.org: chindogu] These devices should be considered in any careful patent search for a similar "handy device".
These devices can be roughly compared to the Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson devices that perform ultimately simple tasks by complex means. These devices are also not patented.
Although humorous and certainly practical to a certain extent, they present additional problems that detract from the solution to the problem.Francis "Fran" Lorin
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