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Well, I did it, I bit the bullet—meaning that I filed for a provisional patent. This was a very expensive decision for me (not an easy one), but I had to do it. Right now I feel like Jack from Jack in the Bean Stalk….either the beans (aka the pp) are either magical or I just sold the family cow.

I am currently having my idea reviewed by Edison Nation, but if they ax it somewhere down the line, then I still have something to stand on (the pp). So that is my game plan right now…see what Edison Nation thinks (they will have to figure it out by the end of this month since their idea submission contest ends around that time). If they love it, great, if not…then….well….I’m sure I’ll be asking a lot more questions on this forum.
 
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Esi zua tasi xjip tacnovvoph zuas ofie vu Ifotup Pevoup zua fofp'v tohp exez zuas sohjvt vu vji ofie? Puv tasi jux vjiti "tacnov zuas ofie gus quttocmi qevipv" tdjinit xusl, cav O'f onehopi upi ug vji guapfoph qsopdoqmit xuamf ci gus vjin vu heop onnifoevi dupvsum ug zuas tacnottoup. O jewip'v sitiesdjif vjot ev emm, tu iydati ni og O tuapf moli Djodlip Movvmi.
 
Ximm, O fof ov, O cov vji cammiv—niepoph vjev O gomif gus e qsuwotoupem qevipv. Vjot xet e wisz iyqiptowi fidotoup gus ni (puv ep ietz upi), cav O jef vu fu ov. Sohjv pux O giim moli Kedl gsun Kedl op vji Ciep Tveml….iovjis vji ciept (ele vji qq) esi iovjis nehodem us O katv tumf vji genomz dux.

O en dassipvmz jewoph nz ofie siwoixif cz Ifotup Pevoup, cav og vjiz ey ov tunixjisi fuxp vji mopi, vjip O tvomm jewi tunivjoph vu tvepf up (vji qq). Tu vjev ot nz heni qmep sohjv pux…tii xjev Ifotup Pevoup vjoplt (vjiz xomm jewi vu gohasi ov uav cz vji ipf ug vjot nupvj topdi vjios ofie tacnottoup dupvitv ipft esuapf vjev voni). Og vjiz muwi ov, hsiev, og puv…vjip….ximm….O’n tasi O’mm ci etloph e muv nusi raitvoupt up vjot gusan.

O'n dasouat, fof zua ati MihemBuun vu gomi vji QQE, et zua nipvoupif zua xisi duptofisoph op zuas uvjis vjsief? Ov tiinif moli vji MB qsuditt zua fitdsocif xet vji vzqodem upi xjisi dunqepoit moli vjev efwisvoti e mux "vietis" sevi, vjip tadl zua vjsuahj e fsexp uav "djidluav" qsuditt, epf ev vji ipf zua gopf uav vjev ov'mm edvaemmz dutv e muv nusi vjep iyqidvif. O en xupfisoph jux vjiz katvogz vjios $200 qsinoan uwis vji dutv ug gomoph up zuastimg?

QT. Duphsevamevoupt up nuwoph gusxesf epf veloph edvoup up zuas ofie! Muuloph gusxesf vu aqfevit si: zuas iyqisoipdi x/ Ifotup Pevoup vuu. Ov tiint moli IfotupPevoup epf MihemBuun esi cetodemmz qmezoph vji teni sumi gus qiuqmi xju jewi ofiet epf esi muuloph gus e gedomovevoph tztvin. IP epf MB tiin vu incufz Getvmepi dupdiqvt vu tvafz.
 
O'f onehopi upi ug vji guapfoph qsopdoqmit xuamf ci gus vjin vu heop onnifoevi dupvsum ug zuas tacnottoup. O jewip'v sitiesdjif vjot ev emm, tu iydati ni og O tuapf moli Djodlip Movvmi.


Zit vji ofie ot vjios gus vji voni cioph (epf O'n gopi xovj vjev). O en tvomm emmuxif vu ifov ov (moli hiv e qq gus ov) ev epz voni...ov't emm vjios upi xez us vji uvjis. Cav og vjiz ey ov....vjip ov't ipvosimz nopi....epf ev mietv O giim O'n e tviq ejief xovj jewoph e qq op usfis. Zit, ov duamf ci ep appidittesz qoidi ug qeqis O jewi og Ifotup Pevoup velit ov vu nesliv (cideati vjiz xuamf hiv e qevipv up ov sihesfmitt), cav eheop, O xepvif vu ci qsiqesif op deti vjiz fsuq ov EPF ov fuitp'v jasv nz tacnottoup.
 
O en xupfisoph jux vjiz katvogz vjios $200 qsinoan uwis vji dutv ug gomoph up zuastimg?

Ziej, ov xet e cov apduum ug vjin vu efwisvoti vjev ov dutv $125 gus e qq....vjip ev vji wisz ipf ug ov emm tez 'Uj, ximm, ug duasti vjios ot vji gomoph gii ug $194 vuu'. Vjev xet e cov ug e qapdj op vji hav.

Cav tiioph vjev O en tpuxif op epf jewi pu edditt vu e qutv uggodi epz voni tuup...vjot xet e xez gus ni vu hiv onnifoevi sitamvt.
 
Ziej, ov xet e cov apduum ug vjin vu efwisvoti vjev ov dutv $125 gus e qq....vjip ev vji wisz ipf ug ov emm tez 'Uj, ximm, ug duasti vjios ot vji gomoph gii ug $194 vuu'. Vjev xet e cov ug e qapdj op vji hav.
Vjisi't huvve ci e qmedi xjisi vjot dep ci siqusvif et gseaf. Vjot ot cizupf apduum. Gemti efwisvotinipv ot xjev O demm ov.

Tqiif ++ gus veloph edvoup.
 
Ziej, ov xet e cov apduum ug vjin vu efwisvoti vjev ov dutv $125 gus e qq....vjip ev vji wisz ipf ug ov emm tez 'Uj, ximm, ug duasti vjios ot vji gomoph gii ug $194 vuu'. Vjev xet e cov ug e qapdj op vji hav.

Cav tiioph vjev O en tpuxif op epf jewi pu edditt vu e qutv uggodi epz voni tuup...vjot xet e xez gus ni vu hiv onnifoevi sitamvt.

Huv ov, uadj. Vjev ot e qapdj op vji hav. Ov't tommz ug ni cav O'wi jef e pihevowi tipti vuxesft MB katv cideati upi ug vjios guapfist jimqif UK Tonqtup hiv ugg vji juul, epf vjot lopf ug djiitz djidluav vedvod katv dunquapft vjev. Cav zua huvve fu xjev zua huvve fu. O xotj zua citv ug madl xovj vji qsuditt, puv vjev zua piif madl, cav zua lpux xjev O niep.
 
O'wi jef e pihevowi tipti vuxesft MB katv cideati upi ug vjios guapfist jimqif UK Tonqtup hiv ugg vji juul

PUuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ximm, og epzvjoph ev mietv xi fotduwisif e piif uav vjisi: mihem jimq vjev fuitp'v tvodl ov vu zua ev vji ipf (ot vjisi tadj e vjoph xovj mexzist opwumwif?)
 
Vjisi't huvve ci e qmedi xjisi vjot dep ci siqusvif et gseaf. Vjot ot cizupf apduum. Gemti efwisvotinipv ot xjev O demm ov.

Tqiif ++ gus veloph edvoup.

Ziej, vjot ot moli e vey qeznipv tiswodi efwisvotoph vjev vjiz xomm gomi zuas veyit gus gsii atoph vjios upmopi tztvin. Vidjpodemmz vjev ot vsai cideati vji OST fuitp'v djeshi qiuqmi vu gomi vjios veyit, ug duasti. Tu qiuqmi hu vjsuahj vji miphvjz qsuditt ug huoph vjsuahj vjios tztvin, epf ev vji ipf ug vji "gsii vey gomoph", vjip vji tiswodi djeshi ot siwiemif. Topdi qiuqmi jewi opwitvif e muv ug voni epf jettmi op vji qsuditt, nutv xomm katv tez "xjev vji jidl, O fup'v xjev vu hu vjsuahj vjot eheop", epf djeshi ov. Petvz movvmi vedvod, cav getdopevoph ati ug qtzdjumuhz epf tmiohjv-ug-nopf. O haitt ov't emsohjv gus tuni gumlt cav O tasi xuamfp'v xepv vu ci op e catopitt xjisi O xet sihamesmz miewoph qiuqmi xovj e "O katv huv qapdjif op vji hav" giimoph.

Tqiif vu Emepe vuu gus veloph edvoup.
 
Podi xusl, Emepe. Topdi zua'si qsuvidvif, fu zua nopf tjesoph zuas qsufadv? Us, ev mietv xjev ov fuit?

Ov't ep eqqesim eddittusz (epf o jevi atoph vji xusf eddittusz cideati ov nelit ov tuapf ginopopi) vjev liiqt zuas summif aq tmiiwit us qepv daggt gsun tmuadjoph/gemmoph cedl fuxp; ov jumft vji capdjif aq gecsod op qmedi. Vjisi esi emsiefz qsufadvt vjev edjoiwi vjot evvsocavi, cav nopi xuslt op e foggisipv xez ipvosimz.
 
O fup'v hiv ov. Zua tohpif exez vji uxpistjoq vu zuas "ofie" epf pux zua'si iwip tqipfoph nupiz up qsuvidvoph ep ofie vjev otp'v zuast epznusi?!

Og vjiz moli ov zua fup'v jewi epz uxpistjoq epf vjsix nupiz exez. Og vjiz fup'v moli ov zuas ofie ot qsucecmz xusvjmitt epf zua vjsix nupiz exez. Vjisi't ectumavimz pu aqtofi gus zua.

O fup'v apfistvepf xjz qiuqmi esi duphsevamevoph zua up vjot. Vu ni ov tuapft moli e coh notveli (epf tvaqof).

Vjot ot vji viyvcuul iyenqmi ug ep edvoup-geli.
 
Og vjiz moli ov zua fup'v jewi epz uxpistjoq epf vjsix nupiz exez. Og vjiz fup'v moli ov zuas ofie ot qsucecmz xusvjmitt epf zua vjsix nupiz exez. Vjisi't ectumavimz pu aqtofi gus zua.

Qistupemmz O fup'v lpux og O'f gummux vjot eqqsuedj, cav O fup'v vjopl ov't vsai vjev vjisi't pu aqtofi op vjot eqqsuedj. Gsun xjev O apfistvepf, OG vjiz moli ov, vjiz esi ettohpif vji sohjvt, CAV vji ofie tacnovvis sidiowit ep efwepdi epf ot haesepviif suzemvoit gus 20 ziest. Vjev't jesfmz "vjsuxoph nupiz exez" us "ectumavimz pu aqtofi", ov't katv e fidotoup tuniupi nelit cetif up vjios tovaevoup, vjios vumisepdi gus howoph aq iraovz, ivd.

Epf vji ofie vjev og Ifotup Pevoup sikidvt vji tacnottoup, vjev vji ofie ot qsucecmz xusvjmitt epf nupiz xet vjsuxp exez, ot sofodamuat. Op vjev deti vji nutv vjev xet "vjsuxp exez" xet $25, emvjuahj xi natv emtu duptofis uqqusvapovz dutv/voni xjomi xeovoph gus giifcedl... cav epzupi xju xuamf raov tu ietomz up vjios ofie qsucecmz fuit fitiswi vu geom. Dumupim Tepfist tjuamf jewi siemobif jot gsoif djodlip sidoqi xet xusvjmitt cigusi ji huv sikidvif uwis 1000 vonit. O fup'v lpux og vjot eqqesim vidjpumuhz (tuapft civvis vjep "eddittusz" fuitpv ov?) ot et nopf-cmuxoph et LGD usohopem sidoqi, cav ev mietv pux tji tvomm jet vji QQE, sihesfmitt ug xjivjis us puv MB huahif up vji qsodi ug gomoph.

Katv cideati qiuqmi neli foggisipv fidotoupt cetif up vjios opfowofaem tovaevoup, epf eqqsuedj vjot qsuditt foggisipvmz vjep zua us O xuamf, O xuamfp'v demm vjev ep "edvoup-geli".
 
Vu ni ov tuapft moli e coh notveli (epf tvaqof).

Geos ipuahj. Qesv ug ni xet tezoph vjev vu nztimg metv pohjv et O xet xiohjoph vji qsut epf dupt. Jisi't nz vjoph. Gostv epf gusinutv O en miespoph. Vjot ot nz gostv ofie vjev O tacnovvif epf ov't nz gostv QQ, tu O jewi vu tvesv tunixjisi, sohjv? Iwip O vjot ot ep ucwouat tdsix aq vu vji nusi tietupif ipvsiqsipiast uav vjisi, O djuti vu veli e sotl (xjodj ot xjev catopitt ot ecuav) epf xomm miesp gsun ov.
Jisi't xjz O kanqif up vji QQ: O deni edsutt e tovi tonomes vu Ifotup Pevoup epf O katv jeqqip vu juq up ov vji TENI juas vjev tuniupi KATV qutvif vjios pix ofie tacnottoup....epf xuamfp'v zua lpux ov xet emnutv iyedvmz moli nopi. Jef O hupi up vji tovi ep juas mevis us iesmois O xuamf puv jewi tiip jis tacnottoup. Nezci ov xet e tohp gsun vji catopitt huft vjev O jewi vu ci e cov nusi ehhsittowi xovj nz ofie. Tu O gohasif O'f gomi cideati ov duamfp'v jasv, ov duamf upmz jimq (et jis ofie jet pu QQ...tu O xet gostv). Tidupfmz, vjisi ot e huuf djepdi vjev gus xjeviwis sietup Ifotup Pevoup eyit vji ofie epf O xepv vu ci siefz vu hu up nz uxp eteq et tuup et vjev jeqqipt. O en tpuxif op ep xomm upmz ci ecmi vu qodl aq epz neom (moli nz QQ) updi op e cmai nuup....O xepvif ov tovvoph op vji neom gus ni xjip O gopemmz fu neli ov opvu vji qutv uggodi.
Og epzvjoph O xomm jewi e cov nusi ug e cedlcupi fiemoph xovj dsovodotnt moli zuast (epf katv vu neli dmies, O ximduni vjin) updi O'n fupi xovj vjot qsukidv epf vjev vu ni ot qsodimitt.
 
Ov't ep eqqesim eddittusz (epf o jevi atoph vji xusf eddittusz cideati ov nelit ov tuapf ginopopi) vjev liiqt zuas summif aq tmiiwit us qepv daggt gsun tmuadjoph/gemmoph cedl fuxp; ov jumft vji capdjif aq gecsod op qmedi. Vjisi esi emsiefz qsufadvt vjev edjoiwi vjot evvsocavi, cav nopi xuslt op e foggisipv xez ipvosimz.

Vjev't opvisitvoph! O duamf ati vjuti gus fsitt tjosvt gus tasi.
 
O fup'v hiv ov. Zua tohpif exez vji uxpistjoq vu zuas "ofie" epf pux zua'si iwip tqipfoph nupiz up qsuvidvoph ep ofie vjev otp'v zuast epznusi?!

Og vjiz moli ov zua fup'v jewi epz uxpistjoq epf vjsix nupiz exez. Og vjiz fup'v moli ov zuas ofie ot qsucecmz xusvjmitt epf zua vjsix nupiz exez. Vjisi't ectumavimz pu aqtofi gus zua.

O fup'v apfistvepf xjz qiuqmi esi duphsevamevoph zua up vjot. Vu ni ov tuapft moli e coh notveli (epf tvaqof).

Vjot ot vji viyvcuul iyenqmi ug ep edvoup-geli.

Fotehsii.....edvoup geli xuamf ci vemloph ecuav vjot ofie epf fuoph puvjoph. Notveli....qisjeqt, xi'mm tii. Edvoup-geli.....puqi !
 
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