Darn, the combover is patented!

I was just perusing the listing for recent winners of the ig nobel prize, and learned that the hairstyle known as the "combover" was successfully patented in 1977, which means that a lot should technically be paying royalties to a certain Frank and Donald Smith of Orlando, FL. It boggles my mind that the patent office actually granted this patent. Sorry if this seems irrelevant, but it does go to show how idiotic IP law is.