Guillotines - Is There A Patent?

[DanieRains]

After watching the news tonight I think there will soon be a huge demand for them.

Where can we get them?

$$$

[DanieRains]

1. FEMA Just Ordered 100,000 Body Bags

Is it sinking in?

[DanieRains]

2. Yet?

[Mariana]

3. I think the design is in the public domain. nt.

[csziggy]

4. If there ever had been a patent, it would have run out long ago

Patents seem to be good for only twenty years!

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Magicians' supply. Just override that little safety switch...

and make sure the blade is sharp and heavy enough.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Don't know about a patent, but there is a song. . .

. . .from a few years back. . .

#newrostrong

[niyad]

7. I. Was wondering earlier if the French could spare us a few.

[TygrBright]

8. Nope. Dr. Guillotin considered himself an altruistic benefactor to the human race.

The guillotine was supposed to be the fastest, most painless form of execution- a great improvement on hanging, drawing and quartering, etc.

Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, himself opposed to capital punishment, believed he was providing a humane, faster, and less painful death for condemned criminals.

informatively,
Bright

[2naSalit]

9. He was a visionaey for sure.

[liberaltrucker]

10. Nah, it's been public domain for a couple of centuries

[Withywindle]

11. You could probably make all the parts pretty cheap with a 3D printer. n/t