Suzuki_girl saw a post of mine and emailed me about her university project involving a helmet with a reciprocating windshield wiper blade. Below is a drawing of an alternative that I came up with. I ride motorcycles and would like to see something like this on the market.

Someone just drove through my apartment parking lot with a half wave 'fiberglass' CB antenna (fishing pole length) mounted on their truck. When manufacturing the antenna, why not add the fishing line rings and fishing reel mounts into the fiber glass to create a dual purpose product (added value). I just did a google search and found that some people have wrapped wire around a fishing pool to make a cheap CB antenna but found nothing marketed the other way around -- a factory made CB...

I did this one for an air conditioner repair friend a few years ago. The patentable part (but NOT patented) was designing the cutter blade (which fires like a bullet) to cut debrie free through all pipe sizes from 3/4" to 1/4". Everything else can be found inside a Co2 pistol or rifle. This makes copper plumbing and HVAC replacements a breeze!

This 2 piece synthetic cork eliminates the need for a corkscrew. Just pop the tapered center cork down with the palm of your hand and the outer cork shrinks to the center cork releasing the entire cork assembly allowing easy slip-fit removal. The prototype works perfectly. Full cross section animation available but too large for a forum. I got this idea after watching the female bartender make repeated trips to the managers office to get him to remove wine corks. The down side: When...

I do love to ride motorcycles and over the years I've had so many requests from riders that want to be able to take their cycles with them without taking up space in the back of the truck or having to pull a cycle trailer. This is my solution for that problem. You simply ride or push (if disabled) your bike onto the horizontal drive gears and idler rollers that stick out the back of the custom made hydraulic lifting bumper while it is at ground level (gravity fed to that position with the...

Standard snack bag clips fashioned after critters to make it fun for kids to use.

Just for kids...

D O L L A R D R A F T D I R E C T L Y B E L O W T H I S C L O U D A T M U R P H Y ' S P U B With two servo motors for X & Y axis, a diffused laser, and computer, you could write temporary ads and specials on thick clouds above beaches and heavily populated areas. The sign would come and go as clouds passed buy or an operator could target clouds like an anti-aircraft gunner.

Most of us know how to put a warm can of soda or beer on top of the ice and slowly roll 'walk' it with index and middle finger for 4 minutes to make it ice cold. Just putting it in the freezer would take about 25~35 minutes. Why not build a battery operated set of soft rubber rollers to simulate your fingers. This would work in the freezer ice tray, a bowl of ice, or your favorite cooler on the beach.

There are chemicals that change color with temperature (mood rings) and can be designed to coat paper stickers so that when a certain temperature threshold is reached, the sticker will change from green to red (for example) and not change back. We also know that most electronic components will increase in normal temperature when a failure occurs. With a sticker designed for and affixed to all components at point of manufacture, a failure would become VISUALLY apparent. Many TVs,...