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…
Glass cutter wheels mounted in a notch instead of a fork, and a bevel-edged on one side only. Then you wouldn’t have to allow for the offset of the cut.
By A.Vena, Philadelphia.
July 1961
You can purchase glass cutting wheels from Amazon…
Abrasive tape backed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. You could wrap it around a rod or any other handy object to sand those hard-to-manage pieces.
By John Lubin, New York City.
July 1961
You can purchase abrasive tape from Amazon…
Highway divider stripes colored to tie in with route numbers. How easy it would then be for a driver to follow his color line through a maze of city streets!
By Lloyd Smith, Elmira, New York.
July 1961
A file shaped like a gullet on a circular saw blade. That way you could avoid the nicks and notches that spoil the contour after a few sharpenings.
By Carl Bombard, Holyoke, Mass.
July 1960
Buy yourself a brand new circular saw from Amazon!
Rotary-mower air filters at the top of a tubular handle. Placement far from the discharge chute should eliminate clogging and carburetor trouble.
By E.Dodd, Middletown, N.J.
July 1960
You can purchase lawn-mower filters from Amazon…
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