A lift-up handle on the front of power mowers would make them safer and easier to lift into a car trunk or to carry to your shed or down into your basement.
By Allen Kast, Tell City, Ind.
June 1962
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This is an idea for an aluminum foil covered dog feeding dish. The dish would be weighted at the bottom and would have a collar at the top to secure the foil in place. This would remove the need for cleaning the dish – you would instead just throw away the foil liner.
By E.Bloomingdale, Lindenhurst, New York.
June 1962
You can purchase yourself some dog feeding dishes from Amazon…
This idea for a canoe outrigger made out of foam with flexible fiberglass boom support would stabilize a canoe and be light in weight for easy transporting to the edge of the water.
By Peter Mundy, Libertyville, Illinois.
June 1962
Get yourself a portable, blow-up, kayak from Amazon, although at the time of publishing the US version appears to be a much better deal than the UK one!..
Bottles of oxygen you could team up with a propane torch for metal cutting or for welding jobs. Both hobbyists and homeowners would benefit.
By Joseph E. Blaze, Alliance, Ohio.
June 1961
Squared-off motor-oil cans so you could salvage them for your shop or garage. With one side cutaway, they would make fine drawers for small parts.
By N.D.Stowell, Wichita, Kan.
June 1961
A mud flap reaching from one rear wheel to the other on station wagons would eliminate the dust and dirt that collects on the rear window.
By James St. George, Shelburne, Vt.
June 1961
I don’t think this idea ever took off as I can only find normal mudflaps on Amazon…
A doorbell plate could be installed at the bottom of a service door. Tapping the plate with the toe of your shoe would ring the bell for you.
By Paul Patete, Canton, Ohio.
June 1961
These days, you’d probably be better with a video doorbell such as the ring 3 as sold on Amazon…
Measuring decals for fishermen. With a ruler on your tackle box or the gunwale of your boat, you;d never have to guess about the length of a fish.
By Ken Mueller, Eugene, Ore.
June 1961
A pull-out sun visor over a car windshield. It would stretch across to fill the gap and shade a middle passenger from bright sun.
By Richard Bauguess, Fort Worth, Texas.
June 1960
A light picnic trailer on two wheels. You could jockey it around by hand at the picnic site and the cover would open out to make it a table.
By R.A.Reynolds, Westbrook, Maine.
June 1960
These days a trailer hitch such as this one from Amazon would probably be better…