Best Inventions of Mine

CAR THAT RUNS ON AIR

2011-07-13T22:23:00.001-07:00

If planes can stay in the air due to air lift and wind turbines can generate power with air, why can't cars?

Eye Glasses

2011-04-21T20:14:00.000-07:00

You know as we age, contacts are no longer an option for many of us. So, we end up wearing reading glasses and distance glasses or triofocals for those who don't want to bother with three pair of glasses.

I tried triofocals, but never had enough vision in each section of the lens. And, I hate carrying 3 pair of glasses. So, my solution would be to make reversible glasses. One side is for distance, one side is for closeup.

Or at the very lease make glass covers that allow two pair of glasses inside. One pair could be in the top case, another pair in the bottom case.

Yarn Covered Letters

2011-04-13T13:52:00.000-07:00

This looks kind of sloppy (I plan to redo), but gives an idea of how this could work. Get some plastic jugs (I used water jugs) and trace letters. As you can see I used hand-lettering (LOL), but for a more uniform look use stencils or print letters out of world or measure with a tape measure.

Wrap yarn around the letters or cover with fabric. If you can knit (I can't, but plan to learn) make cute little "letter covers".

This idea could be used for wall hangings, or decorating objects.

Why doesn't anyone sell sections of eyeglass frames?

2011-04-05T00:19:00.002-07:00

See previous post

Frames for Glasses that Don't Break

2011-04-05T00:19:00.000-07:00

Just one of my wishes. I wish someone would come up with frames that don't break--or at least the frames were made in sections--especially around the nose, as that seems to be a spot that breaks a lot. Okay, so a section for each side, and a section for the bridge. When one section breaks, you just pop it off and pop a new one one.

Another Invention Site

2011-04-05T00:16:00.000-07:00

If you need to earn money, you are good at science, engineering, or math, check out InnoCentive.com
They pay anywhere from $1,000 to $1,000,000 for ideas. You can work by yourself or sign up with other members to work as a team on a project.

Google plans to buy patents

2011-04-05T00:15:00.000-07:00

Google plans to buy all of bankrupt Nortel's patents to stay competitive. Read about it at USA Today.

Check out Willow Deen's Inventions & Innovations

2011-04-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

Check out my website http://www.willowdeensinventions.webs.com

Organizing in the Kitchen--Dish Towels, Hand Towels, Drying Towels, Oh My!

2011-03-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

I know some people buy towels just for dishes, and other towels just for hands, but my husband could never tell the difference. Result? He dried his hands on the towels for drying dishes, dried the dishes with the towels for drying hands. Not so bad when they are clean, but not good when they have already been used for the opposite purpose!

My solution? I bought a magnetic strip with hooks on it. Pasted labels above the hooks on the magnetic strip labeling each item, "dish towel," "hand towel," "dish washing rag." Problem solved.

Flip Flops for people with fallen arches, plantar facitis, etc.

2011-03-05T10:35:00.000-08:00

There are many inserts for shoes, but what if you like wearing flip flops? Why doesn't someone make flip flops that actually provide good arch support and help with plantar facitis. Even put massaging gel on the sole.

Changeable Framed Art

2011-03-05T09:49:00.000-08:00

For those of you who are knowledgeable of graphic arts software programs, you may know that you can select an area in a photo and replace it with something else. For instance, if you took a picture of a landscape and the sky was overcast, you could load the picture on your computer and tweak it in Photoshop, Gimp, Photo Pos Pro, Irfanview, etc. First, you would find a photo with a beautiful sunny sky and save it on your computer. Next, you would open this and select the sunny sky with the lasso selector and copy. Then, you would open the landscape photo with the overcast sky in one of the above listed programs. Then, you would select the overcast sky with the lasso selector. Now, paste the sunny sky you just copied into the overcast sky selection. Voila! you now have replaced the overcast sky with a sunny sky.

Okay, so if you got all of that, my next invention concerns physical pictures. If you are like me and like to change decor with the seasons, then perhaps you have thought about changing your framed wall art, but thought it was too much bother.

But, what if someone invented framed art that had pieces you could replace--kind of like a puzzle. So, when it was Summer, you would replace your winter scene of snow covered grass with green grass, your bare trees with flowering trees, etc. This would also work for holidays--you could add a sleigh to the scene or a decorated Christmas tree.

What do you think? Would you like to be able to do that?

Changeable Wall Borders

2011-03-04T21:19:00.000-08:00

Many people put wall borders up in their homes, but when it's time to change them, it can be a real pain. So, why paste them onto the wall?

Make a wallpaper border holder/display.

Then, just slide a new border in on top of the one already there. That way, borders could be rotated with the seasons--Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter--even for the holidays, if so desired. This could even be used for displaying photos.

Trio Organizer Handbag/Shoulderbag

2011-03-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

I had this great idea for an organizer handbag or shoulderbag. At least I thought it was pretty great. But, finding someone competent and honest to sew them for me, well that wasn't so great.

The first woman stole $50 off of me. The 2nd one couldn't ever get it done due to her busy life. The 3rd one wanted me to cut out the pattern and then she would sew. The 4th one was also too busy. Finally, I decided if it ever gets done, I will have to do it all by myself.