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On Season 13 of Shark Tank, two candle-blowing men named Mark pitch their novelty product Blowzee (which allows you to blow out birthday candles without spreading germs) and in front of Mark Cuban who has invested in novelty items and gag gifts on the show.
May 27, 2021 A Virginia man said his free time during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed him time to work on an invention that coincidentally involved stopping germs -- a device that allows birthday candles to be blown out without spittle flying. Mark Apelt, a University of Virginia graduate and a current resident of Richmond, said he came up with the idea for the Blowzee birthday cake candle extinguisher while at a child's birthday party before the pandemic. Apelt said he was chatting with other parents and they wondered whether there was a consumer product designed to stop birthday cake candle b...
By Chris and Rosie May 27, 2021 A Virginia man said his free time during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed him time to work on an invention that coincidentally involved stopping germs -- a device that allows birthday candles to be blown out without spittle flying. Mark Apelt, a University of Virginia graduate and a current resident of Richmond, said he came up with the idea for the Blowzee birthday cake candle extinguisher while at a child's birthday party before the pandemic. Mark said he was chatting with other parents and they wondered whether there was a consumer product designed to stop bir...
Have you ever watched a kid blow out cake candles, and noticed all of the spit flying out of their mouth over the cake you're about to eat?
To Mark Apelt it felt gross to blow on a cake that everyone eats. He created Blowzee. Kids blow into the kazoo-looking tool and it activates the fan which