Inventor Wants To Rake It In
STLToday.com:
Ryan Jansen’s dreams are tied to a rake. Not just any rake, though. This is a special rake, a rake that was born in Jansen’s young mind years ago in a yard full of leaves.
The idea percolated quietly and out of actuality’s reach until a project was assigned in Jansen’s industrial design class at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The rake idea then bubbled up; an “ah-ha” moment, as it were. Now, this rake could change everything.
And just why, exactly, does the world need a new rake? Think of it like this: How many times has the yard worker spent hours raking leaves, only to have no easy way to pick them up? The yard worker bends over, balances the rake handle on one shoulder, and with a free hand pinches a scoop of leaves against the bottom of the rake. (And that’s only if the kids don’t jump into the […]
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