protecting an original idea

[$$hobby]

hi,

you can try to do a patient. there is a iirc several types of patients. some take mucho $$$ and there is a "simple?" patient that takes a couple thou. If youre going to do any type of patient i would get some bound blank page books and keep your ideas in them with dates, times and such.

but i woudlnt waste my time unless you want to use the patient as wall paper in your den. China really doesnt give a crap about intellectual rights and if you want to fight it, you will need the $$$. even then, it wont stop it since someone else will do it again or just wait for a later date to start up. also, it doesnt make a dif on how little the item will cost either.

a guy that works on sewing machines in my area showed me a thing he had patiented for use on sewing machines. iirc, it was like $12.00 he sold them for. iac, within a year, he saw chinese copies being sold for less. when he found out how much it would cost to fight it, he just let it drop.

the best you can hope for is to make a crap load of them and sell them as fast as you can before they get wind of it and reverse engineer it and dump loads of them on the market.

if you look at the "making leather cases" by Stolhman Volume 1, they show a thermos holder for a saddle. Its not attached to the horn, but attached to the skirt if i have my western saddle terminology correct.

a long time ago, i made a breeding hobble for a guy. he wanted it washable since they get dirty. it was my own design and materials but they are not new to the breeding world. my design was made from Cordura and nylon webbing with a sheepskin liner/interior that was attached via velcro. the sheepskin could be replace/cleaned along with the rest of the hobble. the guy said that hes never seen anything like it but to me, it was just different. i think he was thinking i was going to make it out of leather. but for me, cordura would be more durable and less suspectable to rot. iac, no patient there either.

Edited July 31, 2009 by $$hobby