PATENT LUNACY - Baby patting machine

Do you ever get sore hands while patting the baby to sleep? Well here's the latest in our line of crazy patents to help you in your struggle.

This is an invention designed to do all the hard work for you. A motor driven arm, which sits on the top of a cot and has a soft pad at one end that pats the baby’s backside.

This leaves the little one sound asleep, completely unaware you are downstairs with a bottle of wine watching a movie.