Page 10-Wednesday, May 12, 1982-The Michigan Daily
COFFIN MONIT OR
NYC hosts bizarre
NEW YORK (AP) - A coffin monitor that beeps if
the deceased comes back to life is among the items
offered at the International Inventors Expo, a
gathering of tinkerers who hope to strike it rich.
The "life detector," which resembles hospital
monitoring equipment connecting the body to an
alarm system, is billed in the expo catalogue as "the
only way in the world to avoid being embalmed or
buried alive."
IT INCLUDES an oxygen system to provide
emergency air so rescuers have enough time to raise
the coffin if the beeper goes off after burial.
The detector was devised by Roberto Monsivais of
Mexico City who offered photos and brochures on his
creation. He said he did not bring the monitor itself
here because of luggage limits. He is among the 135
inventors showing some 200 gadgets in the week-long
sixth annual expo that runs through Friday.
Basement hobbyists and serious engineers display
their creations side-by-side, all hoping their han-
diwork will one day be as common as the can opener
or mousetrap.
ANYONE ABLE to plunk down $350 is allowed
space for an exhibit as long as "it isn't dirty" or too
outlandish, said Harold Kleiman, who organized the
show.
Kleiman said he had designs for a flying submarine
in the show one year, but he now advises would-be in-
vestors not to waste their money on such fantasies.
Other inventions in this year's show are disposable
binoculars, golf clubs with huge grips and hollow
heads; cooking pots that don't boil over, and bicycles
gadgets
that are said to be easier to pedal uphill.
KLEIMAN, A BUSINESSMAN who offers to
represent the inventor in their dealings with potential
buyers, said five percent to one percent of the
exhibitors actually sell their inventions.
Some exhibitors are one-time tinkerers who came
up with a unique idea. Others are professional inven-
tors who have several items to their credit.
L. C. Moss of East Elmhurst, N.Y., is in the former
category. She displayed a "therapeutic seat," an
electrically heated chair-like contraption with a head
rest. The occupant controls the amount of heat to
various parts of the chair.
Moss said her chair would cut heating bills,
provide relief from aching muscles and prevent
frostbite. She got the idea, she said, when she leaned
over the radiator in her kitchen.
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