Scottish ingenuity is respected worldwide and Scottish inventors have made their mark on human progress (television, roads, telephone, anaesthetics, antibiotics) et al.

But what about all that pent up ingenuity that doesn't quite hit the mark?

FirstFoot presents ..... absurd Scottish patents from around the globe .... either by Scots or about Scots..... how about a Scottish invention for a coathanger, or a Scottish invention for a jumper. Pretty impressive stuff eh?

But it's when you delve deeper and find mind blowing inventions like a comb invention or a keyring invention, that one realises what stunningly creative people we Scots really are.