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A Patent for What?

By Marcus Chan - 2012-08-27T21:24:43Z

Illustration by Corey Cooper

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Eject, Eject

It's the sort of thing you'd expect James Bond to wear: a jacket with a manually activated parachute that ejects backward using a propellant, "thereby removing the operator off the rear of the vehicle," according to the patent filing. The jacket, specifically intended for those who ride motorcycles or scooters, includes a padded design with an outer shell to help protect the wearer from impact or fire. The inventor is Corey Cooper of Mobile, Alabama.

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