Silly Patent: Motorized Ice Cream Cone

The patent “Motorized ice cream cone” (#5971829) is an amusing invention that automatically rotates ice cream to allow for maximum enjoyment when eating an ice cream cone. The device supports and rotates ice cream (or other food that can be placed on such a cone). One of the key differences between this device and a normal, “low-tech” ice cream cone is that there is no actual ice cream cone with this invention – the user would simply put the ice cream scoop on the top of the device. The cup that supports the ice cream scoop then rotates for the maximum satisfaction of the user.

The device looks like the following:

While I applaud the inventors of this device for thoroughly reinventing the wheel on a very simple device, this idea falls under the category “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” There is not really a need to have an auto-rotating device for ice cream, as each person would eat the ice cream at his or her own pace. There are also a number of technical issues that would have to be resolved, such as leaks of the food into the motor, potential weight limits of the food, etc. Also, the ice cream cone is arguably the most fun part, and this invention would actually take away from that!

I hope this invention was intended to be part of a silly patent and that the authors of the patent were trying to prove a point! I highly doubt that anyone would want to eat ice cream out of such a device.