1965 - Apparatus For Facilitating The Birth Of A Child By Centrifugal Force

in 1965, George and Charlotte Blonsky
, a childless New York couple were granted patent
for a peculiarly weird invention
—an ”Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth
of a Child by Centrifugal Force”.

The apparatus consist of a turntable
over which the pregnant and ready to delivery woman is laid,
with her legs pointed outwards, and is strapped down.

The table is then rotated at high speed.

When a sufficient speed is reached
, the baby slides out of the birth canal
propelled by centrifugal force caused
by the rotating table.

An “infant reception net” located
between the legs of the mother catches the baby
as it literally flies out.

Blonskys’ child-birthing apparatus