Easy-to-handle-fishing gear – fishing net, boat hook, and gaff designed as snap-on heads so that you could use them all with a single pole.
By Anthony J Santoro, Farmingdale, N.Y.
May 1963
I couldn’t find multi-use fishing gear on Amazon, but you can purchase a telescopic pole fishing net…
Bug bombs for phone booths that would spray at the drop of a coin. I’d gladly spend a penny to get rid of insects drawn by light at night.
By C.Petzold, Runnemede, N.J.
May 1963
You can purchase your very own bug spray from Amazon…
This is an idea for a chemical hardener for an earth fill. You could pour it into a double-walled blow-up mold and make an adobelike shelter.
By F.M.Scott, Leonia, N.J.
May 1962
Windproof cigarette holders for convertible owners. This idea for a funnel-shaped holder with side vents and a lid might slow the combustion when driving along with the roof down to that of a normal smoke.
By G.Nattboy, Brooklyn.
May 1962
You can buy cigarette holders from Amazon, pretty sure that they’re not wind proof though…
Road maps could be placed on microfilm with a tiny viewfinder built into the dashboard of the car. Only a small area of the map would need to be viewable on the screen.
By G.A.Mayerchak, Brooklyn Park, Minn.
May 1962
These days, you would no doubt use a GPS system instead, such as these available from Amazon…
A cooking pot designed for both left and right-handed people. Simply by adding pouring lips to both sides of a cooking pot would make it easy to use for both right and left-handed people.
By Marjorie Hill, New York City.
May 1962
You can purchase a pot similar to this from Amazon…
A roll-up patio roof housed in a rustproof cylinder. In the summer, you would mount it on a house wall, pull it out, and prop it up. In winter you would be able to lift it completely off for storage.
By W.E.Seiler, Lutherville, Md.
May 1962
You can purchase motorized sun shades from Amazon…
Small water pumps for pipes leading to a shower or a garden-hose faucet to keep the pressure constant if the water is drawn elsewhere in the house.
By Kurt Alverson, Tonawand, New York.
May 1961
You can purchase small water pumps on Amazon…
Pipe caps, in both pointed and flat-end designs. Hammering a flat one would drive pipe under a sidewalk to carry cable for outdoor wiring.
By Steve Hullcranz, Oak Park, Ill.
May 1961
Indent notches at either side of automobile hubcaps. The pesky job of prying off the caps with a tire tool would sure be a lot easier.
By Edward Podalske, Crystal Lake, Ill.
May 1961
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