In a search
to find the most ridiculous patent ever, I came across the Motorized Ice Cream
Cone, which was awarded in 1999.
The
description offers the following reasoning:
"The
repetitive task of moving one's tongue up and down to manipulate a hollow ring
can become monotonous and tiring, especially for a child."
Perhaps this patent could be deemed as useful to an extent –
i.e. it rids the need to use your tongue. Perhaps also, it could be seen as an
original idea – i.e. the combination of a motorised function along with an ice
cream cone is a far-fetched idea. Ultimately, however the overall value of the
patent is extremely limited. Not only would the market for this idea be extremely
small, the patent evidently lacks economic value. The fact that someone would
submit this patent and expect it to be bought by customers is shocking.
this patent is indeed useful for extremely lazy people. however, it is hard to foresee anyone actually purchasing a product like this. Does everyone that eat ice cream have to bring their own motorized cone when visiting an ice cream shop? Otherwise, does the ice cream shop have to purchase a ton of motorized cones to provide one for each order of ice cream?
ReplyDeleteThis seems like one of those novelty products one would buy for show but never actually use.
ReplyDeleteI found this patent as well and figured it may be useful for a lot of really obese individuals buying ice cream. However, it seems like the ice cream would fall of the side according to how you eat it.
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