I have invented a new carpet cleaning tool of the future

[gorconjack]

I even won some awards for it from the University of Wisconsin. A $5000.00 cash prize as well as mentorship from top of thier game retirees giving back. It is everyone's opinion that I need to find someone, a very knowledgeable and connected person or persons in my industry to help me develop a working and manufacturable design and then bring it to market. Does anybody have any suggestions on who I might approach? Maybe someone who has experience bringing new products to market and or tool and machine manufacturing. Or a ethical company already in the building and selling of tools and machines in the annual 4.8 billion dollar Carpet Cleaning Industry? Maybe Mickey himself, or could you recommend anyone sir?


Thanks for any help or referrals!

 

[Nomad74]

PMF

http://www.pmftools.com/

Keep your cards close to your vest.

 

[Dolly Llama]

maybe start with a paten atty to see what, if anything is new enough to claim rights?

I'm curious
do you need a metal fab shop or injection molding shop to produce this "tool of the future" ?

how was your prototype made?

are your goals to sell the rights to a manufacture (Like how Keith Studebaker cashes out)
or be a smallville maker/seller like Conway or the stickytabs dude?

..L.T.A.

 

[Mikey P]

I'd love to take a look...


PM me


Thanks!

 

[Askal]

Lawyer.

 

[Hack Attack]

Non disclosure agreement

 

[Cleanworks]

Everyone will rip you off unless you protect yourself

 

[Jimmy L]

And don't show mikey

 

[J Scott W]

Bridgepoint / Hydro-Force / Interlink Supply / Aramsco is always interested in looking at potential new products. We do have our own engineer and designer and our own manufacturing facility. Contact me if you want to discuss further.

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Patent it if you haven’t already. This Industry is loaded with companies that have become very successful by reverse engineering others inventions.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Some "engineers" leave it in reverse too long.

 

[Jimmy L]

A patent is only good if you have enough money to defend it in court.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Save yourself some money and some grief. It's a small industry, you can't sell enough to make it worth your trouble.

Even if you could, by the time the vultures pick you apart and copy your ideas only to make a cheap knock off, your potential client base just got pared even thinner. Give up while you're ahead!

 

[Nomad74]

So motivational

 

[Desk Jockey]

So motivational

Think I should take it on the road?

 

[hogjowl]

Think I should take it on the road?

No
That pool is shallow too.

 

[Desk Jockey]

So are you but we still put up with ya!

 

[Mikey P]

please tell me it's not a two headed AW29 ..

 

[Desk Jockey]

It's a THREE headed AW29 wand...that swivels and has three Windows!

 

[Cleanworks]

It's a THREE headed AW29 wand...that swivels and has three Windows!

And a beer holder

 

[DAT]

Exactly how does one come up with a new idea of cleaning carpets.. a lot these stuff been around for 40 years. They just get tweaked into an improved design...

Nothing new under the sun..

 

[hogjowl]

That’s why we keep getting new versions of Saiger.

 

[Jimmy L]

Same thing with all of those "New" drag wands.

 

[Mikey P]

Wand windows are the future.

 

[Acp]

its like was said above, youll have to dump so much money into defending a patent.. if you get one, just to be able to sell to a relatively small market.

if you dont defend it, theres plenty of vultures waiting to steal/copy it.

 

[Jimmy L]

So you just make it for your self

 

[Nomad74]

I made myself a rug pole.

 

[gorconjack]

PMF

http://www.pmftools.com/

Keep your cards close to your vest.

A patent is only good if you have enough money to defend it in court.

Ive head this kind of crap a lot over the years from this industry. Seems to be a good amount low life's trying to take whats not theirs to take. I have zero tolerance for thieves and would hate to think what I might do. However the law school has agreed to defend me but it is the common thought that my patent is so strong it would be much easier to pay me off then trying to steal it. I also have investors and a big shark behind me as well

 

[gorconjack]

maybe start with a paten atty to see what, if anything is new enough to claim rights?

I'm curious
do you need a metal fab shop or injection molding shop to produce this "tool of the future" ?

how was your prototype made?

are your goals to sell the rights to a manufacture (Like how Keith Studebaker cashes out)
or be a smallville maker/seller like Conway or the stickytabs dude?

..L.T.A.

Looking to build it ourselves metal fab . How did the stickytab dude do anyway?

 

[gorconjack]

please tell me it's not a two headed AW29 ..

I seen that thing. Why dont you like that invention?