SEATTLE, WASHINGTON– A Seattle man who came up with the idea for an umbrella for an umbrella recently sold his idea to a manufacturing company for $5 million.<\/p>\n
The inventor, 45 year old Garth Wayne,\u00a0claims that he suffered from agoraphobia and had finally left his home after 21 years on a rainy Sunday afternoon. A light bulb went off\u00a0when he noticed a strange clear liquid falling off his umbrella.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t believe how soaked\u00a0my umbrella was,” Wayne said to news reporters inside his home, showcasing one of his dual\u00a0umbrellas. “First thought that came to my mind was “why didn’t I put any clothes on before I left the house for the first time in 21 years” and my second thought was “how the heck didn’t anyone else ever come up with this idea?”<\/p>\n
The way the invention works, says Wayne, is by conical\u00a0coverage, utilizing the top umbrella as a mask for the bottom umbrella. He says that this technique is similar to how socks and shoes work for our feet.<\/p>\n
“You don’t go outside with just socks on, do you?” Wayne asked as he opened a few more umbrellas inside of his home. “Just as the shoe covers the sock which covers the foot, the umbrella covers the umbrella which covers our head.”<\/p>\n
When asked by reporters if he believes that opening up an umbrella inside of his home is bad luck, Wayne ignored the question by showing them his newest invention.<\/p>\n
“This’s my new invention. An umbrella that covers the second umbrella covering the first umbrella. Similar to the way we put a coat over our shirt over our undershirt over our torso.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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