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John M
climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 08:54pm PT
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Hey Jeffrey.. Just so you know, there are a number of inventors on this forum. Ekat and her former hubby came up with the silent partner.
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2013 - 08:56pm PT
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Hmm, not spewing, dude-o-roni. Did you bother to read my response regarding why I abandoned the Solo-Dare? Do you have any idea how much money it takes to acquire a utility patent on an invention with lots of claims? Would you waste thousands upon thousands of dollars to complete a patent process when the industry is telling you it does not want to buy into a product with potentially high liability? Sorry, Coz, but my inventor's ego just ain't that out of control to acquire an issued patent with no hope of monetary reward.
I've given you the germ of the idea -- my gift to the Universe -- so now let's see how clever you are to do something with it.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Mar 16, 2013 - 08:58pm PT
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I'd call it Solo Dare too if involved a 'master cylinder' on the harness. Surprised if you could even get a call back from a manufacturer.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 16, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
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I saw some kick ass Dead shows in Mountain View.
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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Methinks you need a strong beer, Coz. If you remember a time when there were no chainsaws then either you're an old acid hippie out of the Sixties with fried neurons, or you're extremely old, older than my 63 years, or you're just a smart-ass who loves to talk smack and accuse others of it.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:06pm PT
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I also invented toilet paper before any of you knew how to use it! As a trade I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
But back on point--What's the point? Don't we get to see the mysterious things that are already patented?
I am thinking of inventing something called "jack" but I'm going to keep it in the box.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:13pm PT
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Without a pic or drawing of the device...
This thread sucks
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:13pm PT
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Hmmmmm, did you by any chance invent Grecian formula?
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John M
climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:17pm PT
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I wonder how many devices have gone to the grave because it cost too much to get a patent, or they run into something like bad timing.
My neighbor across the street is an inventor. He is not a climber but he designed the black diamond camelot. He also invented something to do with snorkels which is on every snorkel out there. Right now he is working on a device for belaying two people. He has a dozen or so patents.
Interesting stuff.. inventions.
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:20pm PT
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Not cost effective if the target market is small or may die when using the invention. But I say if its fun just do it!
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2013 - 09:22pm PT
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Grecian formula? What's that? Sounds sodomistic!
To one and all on this thread, you have the idea of Solo-Dare, I've gifted it. I don't know what Silent Partner is unless it's that device I've seen in climbing gyms. You are free to take the idea of Solo-Dare and run with it, maybe upgrade it from its clunky 1993 concept to a remote-control idea with no connecting hydraulic cables. The whole reason for this initial post was to elicit CREATIVE input and feedback, not attitudes.
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Mark Sensenbach
climber
CA
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:23pm PT
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i have a awsome climbing invension that would make butt loads of money if made right. it would be some sort of hand crank machine that you fed your rope into and it got all the twists outa it. just like when you make rope length rappels and your repel device gets em out!!
sound worth making?
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2013 - 09:27pm PT
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Hmm, Mark, that was one of the challenges to my 1979 combination ascender-rapeller device, the damned twisting of the rope.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:31pm PT
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¿The Mexican ones too, Coz?
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John M
climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:31pm PT
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This is a the silent partner. Its a solo belay device.
http://www.rockexotica.com/products/belay_devices/all_solo_belay.html
I only brought it up so that you might understand that you aren't the only person here who has invented risky things, or who understands the invention process.
Your idea is too far out for me to process. I can't see it.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:40pm PT
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C'mon, spill the beans. Is there a flux capacitor involved?
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Mar 16, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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I had a client once who claimed her husband invented the leisure suit. he never patented it because everyone told him it looked ridiculous. The rest is history.
I tried to get her to hook me up with a bitch'n burnt orange, 100% polyester suit with white stitching. Never happened, she was just another bull shitter
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 17, 2013 - 02:19am PT
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Flake-pinching cam.
I have been waiting on my prototype from my mad inventor friend for what? 8 years now?
This wide-mouth vice-grip with the Stealth pads is sketchy...
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2013 - 03:32am PT
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Ok, I see the confusion. The Silent Partner is way different from my abandoned Solo-Dare. My "system" was comprised of as many hydraulic activated camming devices and bolt-hanger engagers as one chooses to rack. As one ascends "solo" up real rock and places pro (has to be integral and operational with the system) said pro is linked into the hydraulic feed from the master cylinder on one's harness. Once you get to the end of a pitch you disengage the entire set of pro below you in one action, and you start the next pitch. You essentially protect/belay yourself the entire climb, regardless of the number of pitches.
I agree that the 1993 version was clunky but if one was inspired to update the system I suppose it could be made to operate by remote control, like radio-activated solenoids.
And no, Cuz Coz, I never said I invented the chainsaw, I invented a key safety device for chainsaws that McCullough picked up in 1972. Stay on your meds, dude!!
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Jeffrey VanMiddlebrook
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2013 - 03:48am PT
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Tip for do-it-yourself-prototype inventors. Just north of Mountain View where I reside, right off "101" in Redwood City is a place called the TechShop where you can do 3D printing, metal fabrication, welding, etc, etc. You join and you have run of the processes. I'm finishing up my technical drawings to begin yet another prototype in ABS plastic and I will be using the TechShop 3D printers. It's pretty cool stuff.
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