TN_Vixen
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How many of you have come up with inventions over the years that you thought were ingenious and could possibly change your life if you sought a patent and sold your idea?
I've had periodic brainstorms about inventions over the years but the one I thought had the most potential was when my son was just a newborn and suffered from gas pains and the only way I could get any relief from his crying was to give him medicine from this dropper to relieve the pressure. Imagine wrestling with a greased pig and trying to pry open it's mouth - that's about the level of difficulty in trying to get a 3-4 week old infant to swallow the drops. He'd suck his pacifier though, in a heartbeat! In fact it was almost impossible to pry that sucker out of that child's mouth, his suction was so powerful. So I started thinking...
What if.. What if they made a pacifier that you could open from the opposite end and pour in the correct dosage - that, through suction would flow through the rubber nipple and into the child's mouth quite similar to bottle feeding? This was back in 1991 when I thought of this and was just convinced that I had a huge hit! I even went so far as to look up the steps to secure a patent, but of course, never acted on it... eventually convincing myself that the idea really had no merit and I was just momentarily insane due to hormones.
Turns out, 2 years ago when I was searching for baby gifts for my brother's newborn. Guess what I saw on the shelf at Babies R Us? A damn pacifier exactly to the "T" as what I described.
Have you ever come up with any inventions that you were sure were unique?
p.s. I'll share my most recent idea later on.
I've had periodic brainstorms about inventions over the years but the one I thought had the most potential was when my son was just a newborn and suffered from gas pains and the only way I could get any relief from his crying was to give him medicine from this dropper to relieve the pressure. Imagine wrestling with a greased pig and trying to pry open it's mouth - that's about the level of difficulty in trying to get a 3-4 week old infant to swallow the drops. He'd suck his pacifier though, in a heartbeat! In fact it was almost impossible to pry that sucker out of that child's mouth, his suction was so powerful. So I started thinking...
What if.. What if they made a pacifier that you could open from the opposite end and pour in the correct dosage - that, through suction would flow through the rubber nipple and into the child's mouth quite similar to bottle feeding? This was back in 1991 when I thought of this and was just convinced that I had a huge hit! I even went so far as to look up the steps to secure a patent, but of course, never acted on it... eventually convincing myself that the idea really had no merit and I was just momentarily insane due to hormones.
Turns out, 2 years ago when I was searching for baby gifts for my brother's newborn. Guess what I saw on the shelf at Babies R Us? A damn pacifier exactly to the "T" as what I described.
Have you ever come up with any inventions that you were sure were unique?
p.s. I'll share my most recent idea later on.
