What inventions have you thought of but never followed through?

[twodogs]

When I was a kid I invented the game: "tackle the man with the ball"; also, the word "squished". Both have gone on to become very popular. Two fortunes right there if only I had protected them.

I now have an idea about how to use atmospheric weather conditions to water plants. I'm pretty sure no one else has thought of it either.

Bill

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

When I was a kid I invented the game: "tackle the man with the ball"; also, the word "squished". Both have gone on to become very popular. Two fortunes right there if only I had protected them.
I now have an idea about how to use atmospheric weather conditions to water plants. I'm pretty sure no one else has thought of it either.

Bill

Can I see the prospectus? :cigar:

 

[twodogs]

When I was a kid I invented the game: "tackle the man with the ball"; also, the word "squished". Both have gone on to become very popular. Two fortunes right there if only I had protected them.
I now have an idea about how to use atmospheric weather conditions to water plants. I'm pretty sure no one else has thought of it either.

Bill

Can I see the prospectus? :cigar:

Oh sure, like I'm that dumb. I know that everyone wants to steal my idea(s). I'd patent them but then the Chinese would reverse engineer them. And I put the drawings away before I turn on the TV so don't even think about trying to steal them that way.

 

[Crash Cash]

The second was also in the mid 80's. I designed, and built a faucet that used a temperature control to adjust the temp of the water automatically.

I always thought there should be a light that went from blue to red, depending on the temperature of the water coming out of the faucet. Well, guess what I recently saw on thinkgeek.com?

 

[Crash Cash]

And bike related:

Why don't they cancel the turn signals when you upshift? You pretty much always upshift coming out of a corner or turn, and you could use the same switches that quickshifters use.

Instead I see stupid timing systems, stuff connected to the speedometer, and on my VF750 Sabre, a potentiometer connected to an RCA 1802 microprocessor that used a lookup table based on the steering angle.

 

[Crash Cash]

Right now I'm designing a lift to help me put tires in place. With all the spacers & the brake caliper bracket on the SV, you need 4 arms to put the rear tire in, hold the spacers, hold the brake bracket, and slide the axle through.

So I used some channel to make 2 Xs that swivel at the center, and I can adjust the angle with an acme screw connecting the legs of one of the Xs. The tire sits on rollers on the bars that connect the top of the Xs, so that when I tighten it by turning the acme screw, the tire rises. Damn, a sketch would really help here.... Think if you had a folding director's style chair, and the tire sits where the seat fabric stretches across, and you can fold the chair to squeeze the tire up.

Anyway, I don't have to hold a heavy tire precisely in place in midair any more. It's the only thing skinny enough to fit between the pipes and under the fender.

 

[Bull]

I know that everyone wants to steal my idea(s). I'd patent them but then the Chinese would reverse engineer them.

those sneaky little buggers! :blink: