A rear air duct in cars to permit air entering front ventilators to escape. This would make it unnecessary to open windows in rainy weather.
By J.C.Culler, Newberry, S.C.
June 1958
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Stamp-dispensing cash registers. They’d hold rolls of premium or gift stamps and release the correct number as the bill total is rung up.
By Bob Lee, Redondo Beach, California.
June 1958
Inflatable furniture of heavy plastic for use outdoors – or indoors when extra seating is required. Deflated it could be easily stored away and take little space.
By R.C.Dunne, La Grange, Ill.
June 1958
You can purchase an inflatable lounger from Amazon…
Precast building blocks with molded-in recesses to take electric outlet boxes. This would save a lot of hammering and chipping out of concrete.
By H.P.Fischer, Rochester, Pa.
July 1962
Self-sealing pockets on swimsuits. A waterproof flapless pocket of heavy polyplastic, grooved at the top so the sides stick together similar to Zip-Lock bags would do it.
By R-J.West, Chicago.
July 1962
You can purchase some men’s swimming shorts with a sealed pocket from Amazon…
This is an idea for a safe power mower with a deadman’s switch built into the handle. Releasing the pressure of your hand, as in a fall, would cut off the current from the magneto.
By Jim Sutro, Los Angeles.
July 1962
Such an idea generally comes as standard on electric mowers these days one such example is this one from Amazon…
Trap doors in the floors of cars would enable you to whisk out sand and dirt that can’t be swept out over the rise at the door sills.
By Mrs. W.S. Wilbur, Miami Springs, Fla.
July 1962
Or alternatively by yourself a car vacuum from Amazon!..
This is an idea for a sand runner that you would clip on to shopping carts. Then you could use the cart for hauling picnic food and equipment to the edge of the beach using the wheels and then drag it over the sand by using the runners.
By R.A.Shaw, Ardsley, New York
July 1962
A great idea, but these days you would probably use an all-terrain utility wagon such as this one from Amazon, meant to work well on sand and other uneven surfaces…
Supermarket cash registers with an additional window at right angles to the keys so the customer in a checkout line could see her items being rung up.
By J.Kelly, Albany, New York.
July 1961
You can purchase a cash register from Amazon with an additional window that tilts for your customer to view…
Motorcycle markers to warn car-backing drivers who might not see a cycle. Reflector-topped, telescoping wands, they’d be raised in parking lots.
By L.D.Hull, Oakland, California.
July 1961
You can purchase reflective markers from Amazon…