June 1963…
The play-through cover protects your vinyl record. You wouldn’t have to worry about damaging your records if they were enclosed in these permanent jackets.
After placing the cover-protected disc on the turntable, you’d insert a pin, to keep the jacket from turning, and engage the stylus through a slot. The record would turn on a bearing plate.
August 1963…
You could convert your prescription eyeglasses to sunglasses by pressing on these shields made of plastic film that clings to surfaces electrostatically but peels off. Unlike clip-on sun lenses, the tinted film would not weigh your frames or affect the optical properties of the eyeglass lenses.
December 1963…
This axle-mounted claw arm would let you start on ice by moving an inside-the-car lever. It would engage a lug on the arm with one on the wheel rim, moving the wheel and claw together. At the end of its arc, the spring-retracted arm would slide free, return to rest, or reengage the wheel for another pass.
November 1963…
Let down during the day, this hinged, adjustable, foam-padded bed extension would give you extra floor space in a crowded room, say, or a den-guest room. Raised, it would extend the bed to a comfortable sleeping length. Pulled up, it would prop a pillow for comfortable reading.
November 1963…
With this versatile woodworking tool, you could saw, plane, or sand, going from one to the other with only the simplest adjustment: moving the handle around to one of the tool’s three sides. Locking the handle in place would automatically engage the drive shaft with the idler of the selected tool.
July 1963…
One-hand oar lets you fish. An oar designed for one-hand use might let you keep a boat on course or even propel it a short distance without limiting the freedom of your fly fishing hand.
This shortened oar would have a hand grip across the widened shaft and would narrow at the top into a forearm brace for stronger paddling.
A sliding plant stand would be built into a window. You would push it outside so the plants could get an airing when the sun is warm.
By Deborah Johansen, Nelsonville, New York.
September 1962
This plastic foam-filled pad would be shaped to fit a standard bathtub so you could soak out muscle pains in comfort. It would be thin enough to fold for storage.
By Mike Patterson, Dallas.
September 1962
Chuck keys for hand drills on a recoil cord housed inside the tool would mean that the cord would not tangle in the drill and the key couldn’t be mislaid.
By John Overby, Osburn, Idaho.
September 1962
Have a perfectly level camping table on rocky ground with the no-rock camping gear table. It would have telescopic legs just like those on a camera tripod. you would lock each leg at the right height so the equipment would stand level on bumpy or sloping ground.
By Skip Mosher, Rialto, California.
September 1962
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