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Um, how about the ancient ring buckle support system, still in use today.....

holding up my pants?

ok, taken already...

How about the ancient ring buckle system, used to hold on my ARMOR!!! ...

From the US Patent and Trademark Office...

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_271.htm

35 U.S.C. 271 Infringement of patent. - Appendix L Patent Laws

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Well, I supose there is nothing to stop him from trying to enforce his patents on individuals.

As far as his ridgeline patent though, I doubt it would hold water. The scouts have been teaching...

Huh, that is kinda funny, because I was stringing a line above my nylon net hammock and draping a big heavy tarp over it in 1985. I wonder if Tom ever lived on the Delmarva Peninsula and saw me...

One thing I haven't seen said, that really should be, which stands before any patent issues is this...

There is not a single thing that any patent holder can do to stop an individual from even...

That is really the key here...

A patent is only as good as your ability and desire to enforce it. Enforcing a patent takes $$$, and one must weigh the cost effectiveness of litigation versus flat...

If this is too far off topic, feel free to delete.

I don't know how many of you play paintball, if any, but there was an incident a few years ago that reminds me of what I see in the Hammock...