Uncle Sam's Sex Toys

July, 2002

Every year the examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office scan applications sent in by the proud inventors of such novelties as audio-enhanced vibrators, nipple clips, clitoral suction devices, erection control systems, fingertip massagers, inflatable love dolls, artificial vaginas, Pyrex dildos and something with the wonderful appellation Vision of Love.Can you patent a Vision of Love? Apparently. The device (patent 6,110,102) consists of a see-through vibrator containing a light.With a...