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Hidden Patential

Hidden Patential

By: Neil Sherborne Bethan Sherborne and Jack Rumkee
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Join Neil, Jack and Bethan as they delve into the patent archives to discuss the weird, hilarious and possibly genius inventions whose potential never made it off the drawing board. Were they rightly forgotten, or do they have Hidden Patential?

Get in touch with us: hiddenpatential@gmail.com

A video version of our show is available on our Youtube channel.

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Neil Sherborne 2024
Episodes
  • 06 - Food - "Hot cream"
    Apr 30 2024

    Neil feels the heat, Jack pokes holes in pizza propulsion and Bethan wonders if smart cutlery is really so smart.

    Timestamps

    02:00 - US10143420B2 - Eating utensil to monitor and regulate dietary intake (Bethan)

    11:34 - ES1066974U - Perfected Spoon, JP3136289U - Small table blower (Neil)

    19:28 – US20230058771A1 - Self-propelled food delivery pallet, US5636710A - Pneumatic delivery system for restaurant food (Jack)

    29:12 - Honourable mentions:

    kr20090018367a - Toster in car

    FR2731335A3 - Figurine fixed to bowl used by young child

    US11351673B2 - Robot sled-enhanced food preparation systemand related methods

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    36 mins
  • 05 - Emergency - "At least the plane's happy"
    Apr 16 2024

    Neil springs into action and ponders pedalling paramedics. Bethan wonders if parachutes make plane sense. Jack seeks relief for those caught short in traffic.

    Timestamps

    03:20 - US794562A - Self-saving fire-escape apparatus (Neil)

    13:30 – CN203914757U - Private car is gone out with emergent portable folding lavatory (Jack)

    19:37 – US2011197821A1 - Wild animal protection device (Jack)

    33:33 - US3508727A - Apparatus for saving of the passengers of a crash landing, ditching or diving and in danger to be diving, respectively, airplane (Bethan)

    27:10 - Honourable mentions

    US11519700B2 - Non-lethal self-protection weapon

    USD530386S1 – Double barrel knife gun

    40:56 - Lightning round

    US660769A - Bicycle-ambulance

    GB189423582A - Improved Cycle Ambulance or Invalid Carriage

    GB190606056A - Improvements in Ambulances

    DE506380C - Vehicle for patient transport with a stretcher

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    51 mins
  • 04 - Drinks - "No, don't make it cuter"
    Apr 2 2024

    Bethan tries to make scents of it all, but it’s the last straws for Jack and Neil.

    Selected patents and timecodes:

    02:02 - CN110914169B - Drinking device (Bethan)

    08:46 - US9186007B2 - Multi-person straw for sharing/tasting beverages (Jack)

    17:00 - US8770588B2 - Novelty beverages straw (Jack)

    24:10 - US3782028A - Toy operated by drinking straw (Neil)

    30:00 - Honourable mentions:

    US580837A - Holder for nursery bottles

    US164265A - Improvement in vessels for containing poison

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    36 mins
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