Throw-away bottles and jars with some salvage value. Squared off like milk cartons, they’d stack to form glass-brick room dividers or garden screens.
By S.Levine, Oakdale, New York.
July 1960
Not quite glass bricks, but you can purchase waterproof stained glass brick pattern film from Amazon…
Disposable car seat covers for riders in beach or work clothes. Made of waterproof paper or thin plastic, they’d be sold by vending machines at gas stations.
By R.C.Miller, Santa Monica
July 1960
You can purchase disposable car seat covers from Amazon…
Rooftop swimming pools on garages. This way it would be impossible for children to stray into them (any exterior stairs would be removable) and they wouldn’t rob garden space.
By Koriun Nigian, Los Angeles.
July 1960
You can purchase a portable swimming pool from Amazon…
Ribbon-renewing rollers on typewriters. As the ribbon fed through, it would be re-inked and never need replacement until the fabric was worn.
By John Ryder, Little Falls, N.J.
July 1959
A back-scrubbing bath brush that could be attached to a shower wall. It would have a well for liquid soap and a pushbutton to dispense it.
By A.T.Iberg, Highland, Ill.
July 1959
You can purchase a simple back brush from Amazon, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it can be connected to the shower!
More light on wagons. I’d like a manually operated switch on the tailgate so I wouldn’t have to open a side door to see into the back.
By Gary Conley, Sheffield Lake, Ohio
July 1959
You can purchase an LED work light from Amazon by clicking on the image below. (affiliate link)
Multiple-use mowers. With a flexible shaft hooked to a power take-off, my mower could run a hedge trimmer, knife sharpener, and car polisher, etc.
By C.N.Breitenfeldt, Marathon, Wis.
July 1959
You can purchase a lawnmower from Amazon by clicking on the image below, however, unfortunately, all this one can do is cut grass!! (affiliate link)
Patio dining accommodations that could be built into an outside wall of a house. Table and benches would pull down for use, fold up flat for storage.
By Bill Broadwell, Charlotte, N.C.
July 1959
Cord-winding lugs on toasters, mixers, and other small appliances. Only my vacuum cleaner provides an anchorage for the extension cord.
By Mrs. A.R.Tagg, Ishpeming, Mich.
July 1958
You can purchase a toaster with a cord wrap from Amazon by clicking on the image below. (affiliate link)
Easy-to-see croquet wickets. Spanking white nylon or reinforced plastic would make durable and washable wickets, easy to spot on a lawn.
By W.J.Inman, Silver Spring, Md.
July 1958
You can purchase a full croquet-set from Amazon including bright white wickets by clicking on the image below. (affiliate link)
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