A Coathanger

Any of you clever people out there who thought that you could invent something as brilliant as this device for hanging clothes in a wardrobe, are going to have to wait until the year 2014 until the patent on this quite stunningly original invention runs out.

Although designed by an Englishman (and we will refrain from cheap comments), a Scottish company, Mainetti, was quick to spot the revolutionary nature of this invention and has snapped up the rights to it.

It's no wonder that Scottish business people are so feared globally.