A new website called PrintablePatents.com makes it easy to add personality to a home or office place, with printable patent designs that range from classy to quirky.
"There's something for everyone, from home chefs to tech nerds, at PrintablePatents.com," said Kevin Savetz, the site's creator. "These authentic patent designs are available with several exclusive backgrounds in a variety of sizes."
Each of the 60 designs at PrintablePatents.com is free to download and print at home in 300 dots-per-inch resolution at up to 11-by-17 inches. There's also a paid, premium option to download higher-resolution patents for printing at home or a print shop in 18x24 or 16x20 poster sizes.
There are drawings of home appliances, musical instruments (an accordion, a clarinet and a piano), vehicles and more. The electronics patents and game and entertainment patents include: a rotary telephone, a Wii remote and an Atari console.
Other patents include: a cuckoo clock, a barbecue, an airplane, a pocket watch, a wind turbine and a helicopter boat car.
There are even a few funny patents, such as for toilet paper and a disappearing toilet, both ideal as bathroom décor.
The background choices for each patent are: blueprint, blackboard, chalkboard and parchment, and each is suitable for framing. The free PDF download is available in 5x7, 8.5x11, or 11x17 inch size to easily print on a home or office printer. A high-resolution 18x24 or 16x20 patent poster is $12.99 or $9.99, respectively, and is in JPG format for printing on a large-format printer. Or, purchasers can have posters printed at their expense at a local print shop or elsewhere.
"My favorite is a retro computer console patent," Savetz said. "I'll be adding more patent designs in the future, so there will be even more choices."
There are more than 100 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.