diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index c15bd801..43ea0658 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ switch (Request::method())
 		$input = $_POST;
 		break;
 
-	case 'PUT':
-	case 'DELETE':
+	default:
 		if (Request::spoofed())
 		{
 			$input = $_POST;
diff --git a/laravel/routing/filter.php b/laravel/routing/filter.php
index e76fe961..14b6e2e3 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/filter.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/filter.php
@@ -38,14 +38,17 @@ class Filter {
 	 *		Filter::register('before', array('Class', 'method'));
 	 * </code>
 	 *
-	 * @param  string   $name
-	 * @param  Closure  $callback
+	 * @param  string  $name
+	 * @param  mixed   $callback
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function register($name, Closure $callback)
+	public static function register($name, $callback)
 	{
 		if (isset(static::$aliases[$name])) $name = static::$aliases[$name];
 
+		// If the filter starts with "pattern: ", the filter is being setup to match on
+		// all requests that match a given pattern. This is nice for defining filters
+		// that handle all URIs beginning with "admin" for example.
 		if (starts_with($name, 'pattern: '))
 		{
 			foreach (explode(', ', substr($name, 9)) as $pattern)
@@ -102,8 +105,7 @@ class Filter {
 
 				// We will also go ahead and start the bundle for the developer. This allows
 				// the developer to specify bundle filters on routes without starting the
-				// bundle manually, and performance is improved since the bundle is only
-				// started when needed.
+				// bundle manually, and performance is improved by lazy-loading.
 				Bundle::start(Bundle::name($filter));
 
 				if ( ! isset(static::$filters[$filter])) continue;
diff --git a/laravel/routing/route.php b/laravel/routing/route.php
index 97a8f524..d926ac89 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/route.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/route.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Routing;
 
 use Closure;
+use Laravel\URI;
 use Laravel\Bundle;
 use Laravel\Request;
 use Laravel\Response;
@@ -172,9 +173,38 @@ class Route {
 			$filters = array_merge($filters, $assigned);
 		}
 
+		// Next we will attach any pattern type filters to the array of
+		// filters as these are matched to the route by the route's
+		// URI and not explicitly attached to routes.
+		if ($event == 'before')
+		{
+			$filters = array_merge($filters, $this->patterns());
+		}
+
 		return array(new Filter_Collection($filters));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the pattern filters for the route.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function patterns()
+	{
+		// We will simply iterate through the registered patterns and
+		// check the URI pattern against the URI for the route and
+		// if they match we'll attach the filter.
+		foreach (Filter::$patterns as $pattern => $filter)
+		{
+			if (URI::is($pattern, $this->uri))
+			{
+				$filters[] = $filter;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return (array) $filters;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the controller action delegate assigned to the route.
 	 *
@@ -340,11 +370,11 @@ class Route {
 	/**
 	 * Register a route filter.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string   $name
-	 * @param  Closure  $callback
+	 * @param  string  $name
+	 * @param  mixed   $callback
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function filter($name, Closure $callback)
+	public static function filter($name, $callback)
 	{
 		Filter::register($name, $callback);
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/routing/router.php b/laravel/routing/router.php
index aead9804..2f1573c9 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/router.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/router.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Router {
 		'POST'   => array(),
 		'PUT'    => array(),
 		'DELETE' => array(),
+		'PATCH'  => array(),
 		'HEAD'   => array(),
 	);
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class Router {
 		'POST'   => array(),
 		'PUT'    => array(),
 		'DELETE' => array(),
+		'PATCH'  => array(),
 		'HEAD'   => array(),
 	);