Coco Cacophony

• I’ve been on over 50 flights in my life, yet I’ve only gone to the bathroom once, which happened last December. (I’ve had several flights over 8 hours long!)

• I’m the youngest of 3 brothers, but the tallest (by 1″) and the heaviest (by 25 lbs.)

• I learned to play drums in school, and was my church drummer for 5 years.

• I am a very finicky eater, and I especially don’t like cooked vegetables including squash, carrots (I love raw carrots), beans, broccoli, asparagus, spinach, beets, potato-au-gratin and cauliflowers.

Type of Invention: Improvement on an existing tool.

Probability of Success: 5 (on a scale of 1-10)

Synopsis: Fingernail/toenail clipper with a rubber “gripper”

As we’ve all experienced, whenever we clip our nails, the clippings usually go flying all over the place. I always try to clip my finger and toe nails over a waste basket, but a few clippings end flying off course, and then I’m trying to track the little guys down. It’s easier in the summer when I can do it outside, but I live in Minnesota, so that’s not always practical. My brothers like to clip their nails with the scissors tool on their swiss army knife, but I’ve never liked that- it takes too long, and it feels weird to me.  So, what if inside, behind the sharp metal “mouth” of the clipper were two small rubber pads (one on top, one on bottom) that compress against the top and bottom part of the nail getting clipped off. When the nail gets clipped the rubber pads are gripping the nail clipping, preventing it from flying across the room.  The rubber pads are hard enough that the nail clipping does not stick to them, and when the clipper’s mouth is opened, the nail clipping falls away. Any opinions?

Update on the previous “Benvention”. My brother Jeff upgraded it’s probability of success from a 3 to a 7. He really liked the idea. Steams? If you’re interested, man, I’d try to help however I could. I just want more varieties of Mountain Dew!