Tuesday, May 21, 2019

New Button

Designs tend to pop up in my mind complete. Wife E and I were talking, when the word "button" entered our conversation and a new design principle entered my head. I sketched it on paper. I checked the Internet for similar ideas, and there weren't any. I made a large prototype out of cardboard -- but it didn't work. I looked at my sketch. I had omitted a step. Now my button worked as imagined. OBSERVATION: It is easier to use and more versatile than the buttons pictured here, but I dare say no more. My next step is to manufacture a smaller button of plastic or steel, more like an end product. E's employers are in the business of manufacturing and selling buttons -- millions of them.

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