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Weird Patent of the Day

Weapon.

Official drawing from US 1,183,492, Weapon.

US 1,183,492 · May 16, 1916

A weapon that provides a gun adapted to be mounted on and fired from the head of the marksman. One figure is a side elevation of a soldier's helmet equipped with the gun; other figures show devices for operating the gun trigger from the mouth of the marksman.

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov. Official PDF: USPTO patent PDF. Also at Google Patents. The drawing on this page is a reduced copy of the official figure; see the original drawing.