PNE inventions I wish I could make

[pianogal]

Today, I thought of 3 PNE inventions I'd like to make, if only I didn't have PNE so I could make them!

1- Cushion Cover Purse - (the simplest idea) A Purse Cover for my ICN cushion. Shaped like a leather purse in a box shape with a hinged lid that snaps opens (and snaps shut) and can fold under so you can sit on the cushion part without inconvenience. Has strap. Has snap on mini inner purse that you snap out when you use the cushion to sit on. Can have multiple covers that snap on... I want a black leather ruffled exterior, with 3 inch layers of black leather ruffles. Ah... Then a gold one... and maybe a plain old medium brown leather one. Then I'd only have one purse to carry, not a purse and a geeky cushion. Or, I could do a folded cushion mockup purse... my husband was planning on making me one last year but never got around to it.

2- Icing Undies - Undies with extensions of ice in all appropriate places, that you slip on over your undies to ice yourself, and then slip back in the freezer to prep for next time. Oh how I wish someone made these!

3- Water Seat - You know those sitting bathtubs for old people? Imagine one of those, filled with a jacuzzi motor, in your living room... with a mat under it to avoid drips... and then going into it to sit with those pants that people who Fly Fish wear... so you slip those pants over your clothes, sit in the mini water jacuzzi, and watch tv pain free at whatever temperature you prefer... dry... and without anything squeezing you.

Ah... too bad these inventions will never make me rich. Only a few dozen people in the world will ever need them!

[Celeste]

I think the underwear would be marketable. There's a thing called an ice vest to be used for people who work in heat-stress environments. They wear it under other protective clothing, and it has pockets which hold blue gel ice inserts next to their skin to keep their core temperature from rising too high.

There's a company called Thirty One Designs which sells lots of purses that have a swap-out design cover. They are really taking off in the home-party retail world. Since your product is marketed towards people with a medical issue, I think it would really have a chance since nothing, and I mean NOTHING, in those offerings is pretty. The best case scenario is packs for wheelchairs that look like outdoor/travel gear.

If you could find a way to get some prototypes made, you should look into an Etsy site to sell them. It's like eBay for crafters. People sell all kinds of things you wouldn't think of on it, too. There are cotton menstrual pads and garment to wear them in, for example. Pomegranate and I were once talking about if somebody could make that garment with a way to hold a an ice pad, but I don't know if she ever asked any of her Etsy contacts about it.

I say go for it.

[Karyn]

I'd buy your stuff, Pianogal!
Especially the Cushion Cover Purse!
Good luck!
Warm regards,
Karyn

[A's Mommy]

I laughed so hard at the freakin' water seat idea that the ice fell out of MY pants!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL THANKS FOR THE LAUGH, I NEEDED IT!

[pianogal]

yeay! glad to make you laugh. They say laughter is the best medicine. I'd find that debatable, but it definitely helps!

one day, definitely when well, I shall attempt making some of these, but maybe before I am well, I shall see if I can get my sewing mother in law to help me out!

celeste, thanks for the tips on prototypes in other markets!

[pianogal]

Thanks, Sunil!

[CureSeeker]

How are your inventions going?
Worldwide it is quite a big market.
You need to look in to marketing online and setting up a website.

[Charlie]

How are your inventions going?
Worldwide it is quite a big market.
You need to look in to marketing online and setting up a website.

Sounds like you have some experience with this.