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The wrench invented by the vampire kid

posted 14 years ago by sort0008
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I had never seen this show before, but it was hilarious. Almost like a Tim & Eric episode.

There was this pale, vampire looking kid who had invented this modified wrench (they never really said how it was different). Halfway through the episode the two inventor guys told him it was already patented and the little vampire kid began to cry.

Does anyone know what happens at the end of the episode? From the "next on Pitchmen" blurb before the commercial it sounds like something happened that could've been good news.

Does the pale little vampire child get his invention "pitched"????

[–] RaddishAM 14 years ago

The two inventors were able to modify the kid's invention to distinguish it from the existing patent. The kid loves the new wrench, everything ends happily.

[–] TooCoolForSchool22 14 years ago

I still don't fully understand how the patents work. They initially told the kid his wrench was useless because somebody already invented it, but just about all of these informercial people identically knock-off each others items. The Shamwow guy obviously pitched Shamwow's and also the Slap Chop, while Billy Mays pitched Zoorbez and the Quick Chop.... which are practically the exact same items with maybe a very slight variation to loophole around patents. Why the hell did they initially tell the kid they couldnt sell his wrench because theres already a similar one with a patent, while all of them have taken part in selling knock-off items of the same kind in the past?

[–] ih8tt 14 years ago

All it was was a Swiss Army Knife but with wrenches...hardly groundbreaking. I wish they'd said what year the other person had patented it, I'll bet it was a while ago (possibly before the popularity of "As-Seen-on-TV"-type commercials?), maybe that's why it was never marketed (successfully).

Are wrenches that short really that useful anyway?

And I'm no legal expert, but, if I was the other inventor (or his heirs), whether the kid saw the older patent before or not, I'd sue for a piece of the profits, since I came up with the idea, too. Also, won't those brothers now get a chunk of the profits, too?

[–] tuttifrutti22 14 years ago

My husband said the wrenches are good only for light jobs, they are not strong enough to do heavy jobs. The other guy cant sue for profits. The minute the brothers put the slide on the boys tool, it was his own patent. A lot of products are very similar but they need to have some kind of change in design to qualify for their own patent. The original patent holder had his chance to get his on the market first. You snooze, you lose. Also yes the brothers probably will get paid for their part in helping the kid.

[–] cheezmunky 14 years ago

I don't see why you'd need that when there's already a little thing called a CRESCENT WRENCH!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!

[–] ih8tt 13 years ago

Just saw an ad for something at Lowe's called the Kobalt Multi-Drive which looks like a better version of the kid's invention (an all-in-one wrench). The handle looks longer and much more sturdy/substantial and it has several 'heads' that rotate so you can choose the correct size for what you're doing.