August 1963…
This recent invention might cut waiting in a plant cafeteria, say, by letting each diner set his own place at counter or table. He’d do it by flipping over a tray to turn up a fresh setting, turning the soiled side down to be scrubbed by a rotating brush inside. Clips would hold cutlery and cups; a conveyor would carry out waste.
July 1963…
Convex saucer keeps the cup dry.
A concave seat on the bottom of this cup would rest on a matching convex portion of the saucer, thus holding the cup in place. And if any coffee slopped out of the cup, it would stay in the outer valley of the saucer, leaving the cup high, dry, and drip-free, and your clothing stainless.
April 1963…
This idea for a come-apart barbecue grill with fewer cross pieces makes cleaning much easier.
The rods would lock at the ends for use but they can also easily be disconnected for cleaning or for moving a section with tongs in order to stoke the charcoal.
Although after living in Canada for 8 years, I learned from the Canadians that you can’t beat just getting the grill has hot as possible to clean it. To super clean it, place a piece of aluminum foil to reflect even more heat!
September 1963…
Instead of squirming in and out of a taxi or other low-roofed car, invalids, oldsters (and even agile folks) could ride comfortably to or from the sidewalk on this patented slide seat. Flanged tracks under the seat and transverse rails on the car floor would let the driver move the motorized platform in or out.
August 1963…
Car hitch loads boat. Universal couplings on the ends of this boat-loading post would let one man lift his boat in toward the support and walk it around to the car-top cradle.
Tipping the boat would drain it as he walked. To offload, he’d reverse the steps; and use the pole’s reach to set the boat down in or near the water.
November 1963…
You could enjoy more comfortable camping outside meals or quick roadside picnics if you carried a two-level folding table like this. Hooked to a car door, it would be firm and level even if the ground wasn’t. It would open and fold away quickly and take up less space than a conventional table.
This idea from April 1963 is for a cap that measures powdered coffee.
No more guessing what the right amount of instant coffee should be for a standard-sized mug. With this idea, your instant coffee might be even more instant and better-tasting via perfectly measured amounts.
You simply replace the jar cap of your instant coffee with this screw-on dispenser. A slide on the side that you can pull releases exactly the correct amount of coffee into the dispenser through an aperture on the device. When you then push the slide the coffee drops down into the cup through an exit aperture.
An improvement to this device might be adjustable measures so that you could tailor the dispensed amount to your guest’s preferences for a stronger or weaker coffee.
This same idea could potentially be applied to dispensing other products such as herbs or spices, etc.
December 1963…
Fold-out legs would convert this double-duty dispatch case into a reading stand or lectern that might be useful to a salesman, club officer, or the like. To expose the legs, you’d slide out a side panel from between grooved ends, then move the panel to the upper side to use its ledge for holding notes.
By Ben T. Sheppard
Bricks with protrusions at the sides could be used as spacers. This would make it a lot easier for the amateur bricklayer to keep each course level.
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