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BBC TV Midlands Today
BBC TV coverage of Inventors Showcase 20/11/2007
Birmingham Inventors is an active organisation for anyone with an interest in innovation. Our members come from industry, business, academia and government from around the Midlands area including Coventry, Warwick, Wolverhampton and much further afield.
It serves to encourage, promote and stimulate the development and dissemination of innovative new products and ideas.
You are welcome as a visitor, new member or speaker to our friendly monthly meetings at Birmingham Science Park, Aston
Benefits
Members provide an invaluable source of help, services, information and guidance for progressing ideas through to fruition, such as:
- Research, design, development and manufacturing methods.
- Intellectual Property protection: Patents, Registered Designs, Copyright, etc.
- Royalty payments, License agreements, where and how to get financial aid.
- Ethical inventions.
- Who to contact, how to find product champions.
- Critical appraisal of ideas.
- Pitfalls to be wary of!
Birmingham Inventors Success Stories
Include: Medical equipment, Farm machinery and Domestic items. They are also associated with three official Millennium Products:
- A "Shield" laser device for the protection of those working on the hard shoulder of motorways, like the emergency services.
- A clever "Monobug" clothes peg with tremendous "Hurricane Grip"!
- "Slidesafe" to avoid trapped fingers in doors, especially of children.
Hon.Chairman
- Richard Brosch - for all enquiries:
- Tel: 0121 353 1522
- Fax: 0121 353 1917
- Email: inventors@lymore.com
Hon.Secretary
- John A.Beswick.
- Email: johnabeswick@aol.com
Hon.Treasurer
- Vacant - volunteers welcome.
- Email: via chairman.
Hon.Webmaster
- John A.Beswick. - for web site related items, suggestions for additions, subtractions, improvements or to report errors or problems.
- Email: johnabeswick@aol.com
Funding and Development sub group:
- John A.Beswick, email: johnabeswick@aol.com
Black Country inventors is a none profit making club, organised by Inventors for Inventors.
The club offers free help and advice to all those wanting to protect, develop and turn their ideas into successful products.
We meet at 7.00pm on the second Tuesday of each month in The Castle Lounge, Customer Services Suite at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Dudley, in the West Midlands. The meeting finishes at 9pm
We welcome new members. It costs £25 to join including the annual fee of £10. Please feel free to come along to our next meeting.
You can come along to your first meeting as an observer you will just have to prove your identity and sign a confidentiality agreement.
Chairman - John Aston on 01384 279560
Chairman - John Aston on 01384 2795600