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Edward Votypka
844 Baisley Trail
The Villages, FL 32162-2432
Phone Number: (352) 391-9106
Invention name:
Patent Status: Design patent D497793 issued on 11/2/04. Utility patent application submitted in July, 2004.
I am an early-sixties retired man with 40 years of computer related experience behind me, all with Stouffer’s and then Nestle. I am still married, for over 40 years, have grown married children and five grandchildren. I enjoy sports, mostly golf, playing bridge and poker. I enjoy fixing things around the house and even finished our basement myself. So, I like things mechanical and usually thinking about better ways of doing things. I think it’s based on my computer related analyst career – always looking to solve something and running projects.
I inventedin answer to my exasperated pleas of, "There has to be a better way" of watering a lawn or garden. I am a gardening enthusiast and I have a rather large collection of shade-loving hosta plants. They are very tolerant of shade but often would often appear to be wilted due to the lack of natural moisture since the trees surrounding them take most of what is available.
It all began with watering the normal way by means of holding a garden hose and aiming the stream or spray towards the specific area to be watered. This was very time-consuming and frustrating since little else could be accomplished while doing this. I came up with idea of propping the hose on a plastic 5-gallon pail with the hose held in place with two or three rocks. It did the job and it freed me up to accomplish other chores. But often times I would come back to find the hose on the ground or the hose skewed away from its target. I would then either have to replace the hose and start over by watering the same area or move the whole contraption, (pail, hose, rocks) to a new area. Then reposition the hose, the rocks and hope that this time it works better.
Given much thought, I had ideas of something resemblingin my mind for a long time. It all came about once I began drawing various sketches and writing down solutions to my problem. One design led to another until I felt comfortable with something I was sure of. I then built a rough prototype of whatwas to become. It worked. It did exactly what I envisioned it to do. The rest is history.
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