re: Anyone know someone who invented something and made some money?

This dude who used to work on my wheelchair told me he came up with something and he hired a lawyer who was in the process of getting a patent.

We were talking and he mentioned something he was working on. He hesitated for a few seconds and told me he didn't like to share it with many people because the patent wasn't official yet, but then he started telling me about it.

It was a way to make ceiling fans much easier to replace. The next time I went to him he showed me the drawings and some of the patent paperwork.

He told me there was a change GE had interest in buying the patent from him, but the problem was that it would have to become a universal thing. As in, when people build a new house, like electrical sockets, they would need to have the "male" connection in the spots where ceiling fans would go and the fans would have the female part attached so that people would just have to slide it in the screw in a few screws.

In theory it sounded like a good idea, but there were some flaws in his plan, which he was aware of. I think he was hoping GE would be interested in buying it (which I am not sure why they would want it since it would be a universal deal where all brands would have to have their fans with the male part on it).