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"Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the U.S. patent office, 1899.

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SUNTANNING POOL AND METHOD OF TANNING

Inventor: Mary M. O’Brien
Patent number: 4734944
Filing date: Jul 28, 1986
Issue date: Apr 5, 1988

It’s hot out there but you’re cooling off in your portable suntanning pool. Got your shades on and a beverage. Your skin looks a hundred years old, your hair is bleached and your in a crabby mood all the time from starving yourself… …but hey, you’re worth it!