Posted on 03/27/2010 4:43:09 PM PDT by md2576
FAIRBORN — Though Ohio’s unemployment rate has almost reached 11 percent, one man recently laid off — on his birthday, no less — did not let his situation keep him from pursuing his passions.
“It was either that or give up. I just had to apply myself,” said Mike Deal of Fairborn.
Deal said that he tried to get his first patent when he was nine years old for a remote-controlled camera.
“I couldn’t get the funding for a patent, though. No one would give a 9-year-old the funding for a patent,” said Deal, laughing.
Deal’s latest patent idea, however, went through: he is the inventor of Cosmic Cornhole, a black-light, clear set for cornhole, a popular — at least in the Midwest — outdoor bean bag toss game.
Deal spent most of his childhood in Fairborn but moved to St. Petersburg, Florida when he was 17, where he worked odd jobs and eventually ended up buying and renting out black light games, like volleyball, chess and even a bowling lane.
He ended up back in Ohio several years ago and, when he was laid off from his job in September, decided that he would spend his time working on Cosmic Cornhole, an idea he had when he worked in Florida but hadn’t gotten a patent on.
“This would be the third business that I’ve owned. I’ve always been a business-minded person,” said Deal.
Deal offers Cosmic Cornhole for sale at his website, http://glowtoss.com, and will soon offer them for rent, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at fairborndailyherald.com ...
Ya know, I live in Indy, so midwest; I’ve never heard of cornhole as a game. Well, the fruits in SanFran might consider it a game.
Leave it to the Buckeyes.
No, it requires TP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxiXEq1bhN0
They call it bags in other states, so I hear. Bags doesn’t sound any better to me!
“Cosmic Cornhole”
This article is gay.
LOLOMG!!!!!!!!
Looks like someone else picked up this guys story.
http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/us_takes_lead_in_high-end_cornhole_technology/
Patent Pending, Patent Pending, Patent Pending! Reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Homer invents a crushed garbage can he pushes you backwards on to fix your back! LOL
I guess that means he has a “blogged cornhole”!
I was thinking about this game after reading the thread last night.
The black light is clever. I’m sure the cornhole is circled with a fluorescent ring that glows in the dark.
I was wondering about a strobe light cornhole game. You know how repetitive movements look so cool under a strobe.
Also group games would be very interesting. One guy is “it” and everyone else has a cornhole. Blindfold the guy who is “it” and everyone else position themselves around the room with their cornholes facing “it”. Then the player who is “it” tries to go through one of the cornholes. When he gets close he would hear his sack smacking the area around the cornhole. When he went through someone’s cornhole, that player would be required to let out a whoop. The guy who is “it” would try to tell whose cornhole he got based on the whoop and based on the sounds of the sack hitting the area around the player’s cornhole.
If he identifies the owner of the cornhole he continues to be it. If he misidentifies the cornhole’s owner he has to be the one with the cornhole and the other player becomes it.
Variations of the game: the players with the cornholes squeal like a pig when their cornhole is penetrated, or the squawk like a hen.
You better patent that game before someone in WV steals your idea!
That’s a creative variation, but ......it’s still just .......wrong.
“It does good for your soul when you hit the hole”
I hope you are correct; I always thought the etymology pertained to the fact that corn is oftentimes visible in stool.
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