More storage inside cars to hold the overflow from the glove compartment. Why not put a washable plastic drawer beneath the front seat?
By C.L.Berger, Plainview, New York.
January 1959
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Signal strips on frozen-food packages. Of heat-sensitive paper, they’d change color to warn buyers if kept warm enough to impair the food.
By Mrs. G.Rosenfeld, Bronx, New York City.
January 1959
Stick-on lead-in wire. The pressure-sensitive adhesive would anchor it fast from the antenna down the side of the house, along the joist, floor or baseboard.
By H.P.Fischer, Rochester, Pa.
January 1959
Posthole diggers with depth markings in feet and inches on one handle. Then there’d be no need for repeatedly trying the pole in the hole.
By Stephen Walton, White Plains, N.Y.
January 1959
A plug-in jack in the horn circuit at the base of the car’s steering column, clearly marked “horn.” Yanking out the jack would silence a stuck horn.
By F.W.Edwards, Columbus.
January 1958
A bottle-opening drawer handle. An opener stored inside a drawer is hard to find, and besides, our kitchen is disappearing under wall-hung gadgets.
By John Teachman, Lincoln, Nebr.
January 1958
You can purchase a wall-mounted bottle opener such as this one by clicking on the image below. (affiliate link)
Work gloves with transparent plastic cuffs (or one such cuff) so that you could tell time on your wristwatch without taking off the glove.
By David Chamberlain, Butte, Mont.
January 1958
You can purchase transparent gloves on Amazon, although I don’t think they’re quite what the person with the idea had in mind!
One-step starch you could spray on a collar or curtain and iron dry. Soaking, hanging up items, and waiting for them to dry would be eliminated.
By D.Davan, S.Ozone Park, New York.
January 1958
You can purchase spray starch from Amazon. (affiliate link)
Road-block warning lights on throughways for use when accidents or fires stall traffic. Drivers could then be alerted miles ahead to take the next exit.
By Stephen Samuels, Boston.
January 1958
You can purchase vehicle warning lights on Amazon by clicking on the image below. (affiliate link)
Transparent flowerpots for house plants so you could check the depth penetration when watering and even determine when roots were out growing the pot.
By Roger Rachow, Omaha.
February 1963
You can purchase transparent flower pots from Amazon. (affiliate link)