new invention idea

huggy1 · #1 Nov 10, 2007, 05:48 AM

I am a retired 64 yr old man on disability and Need financal help in a new security lock invention for the home or business!

I want to build a proto type and get it on the market. Checked a couple online site that say they help but they want up front money.
to reserch my idea, and want me to send them the details on it.

hopefully we can make some decent money off it.

Stratmando · Nov 10, 2007, 06:39 AM

Wish you the best of Luck, I have been designing, Modifying, Inventing things most of my life. The Problem I have seen are Lawyers. Never found one with a spine.
There are a couple of Invention Kits, Don't Know if they work. Have been tinkering with locks for about 40 years, Can Pick Most. Curious if yours is Electronic, Mechanical,
or Both. You don't have to say, I do wish you the Best.
I'll see if I can locate the 3 Major sites, Take Care.
Oh Yeah "Up Front Money", Everybody wants money. Investors seem to want Maximum Profits from scams and cons, Dollar being the Bottom Line.
Making things Faster, Lighter, More Reliable, Safer, not usually a factor.

huggy1 · Nov 10, 2007, 08:48 AM

It's Mechanical , could possibly be designed electrical as well

magprob · Nov 12, 2007, 07:37 PM

Huggy1, Do not, I repeat, do not send it to an invention company! They will steal it! Get a provisional Patent on it! Go to Barnes and Nobel and buy the book that describes how to do it. A provisional Patent lasts for 1 year and only cost $60.00 to file with the gov. That gives you time to try to sell the idea and also place "Pat Pend" on it. if you find someone that is interested then good, get a real patent, if not, then you are not out the enormous cost of a regular patent. Now, the rest of the story:
Remember I said the patent companies will rip you off? This is how they do it. They help you file a provisional patent and tell you it is safely patented in your name. Well, it is, for one year. Remember I said a Provisional Patent is good for one year? Now, they shop the invention around and if they find a buyer and it looks as if it will make a lot of money, they wait untill your Provisional Patent is expired and guess what? They patent it for their own! GOOD LUCK AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Do not tell the scum anything. get a provisional before you do anything!
I thought up one of the greatest ideas 15 years ago and you can see it out there today making tons of money. Not for me though! That's ok, I learned.

huggy1 · Nov 12, 2007, 08:16 PM

thanks for the info I will definetly do that.

magprob · Nov 12, 2007, 08:24 PM

Good Luck! Wait, luck has nothing to do with anything. Hard work and determination will get it to market.



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