who did invent school lockers?

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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   It’s that time of year again…back to school! Don’t dread it, instead, check out how some of the coolest school supplies were invented! Did you know school supplies can be invented by kids? Of course, who better to understand what you really need than kids themselves! At age 11, Rikio invented Rocketz Backpack Wheels to prevent back pain caused by carrying a heavy backpack. Rikio’s sister complained of back and neck pain caused by her 32-pound backpack. Rikio thought there must be a way to prevent this from happening, since kids everywhere were having the same experience. The wheeled backpacks that were available in the stores would not fit in the school lockers and were often considered uncool. He created Rocketz, universal removable wheels and a strap for
   pulling the backpack. The wheels adhere to the bottom of any backpack with Velcro and provide easy locker storage. That way, the backpack could be wheeled when it was too heavy and worn when the cool factor was a consideration.
   At the age of 14, Mitchell was a student of high academic standing and needed to organize his backpack. Most kids use backpacks to transport books and homework between school and home and between classes. Many times, loose papers are thrown into the packs and before long, locating that history paper that is due tomorrow in the mess is next to impossible. Mitchell has developed a solution to the “messy backpack” syndrome. He made a device that slips into your backpack that has different color-coded sections for each subject. Each brightly colored zipper represents a separate subject. Mitchell’s File-A-Pack helps kids have the ultimate super-organized backpack!
   At age 11, Cassidy invented her Crayon Holder, which is now patented and commercialized. The original Crayon Holder, inspired by the plastic tubes used to keep roses fresh, gave her the tool(s) that she needed to complete a drawing project when her art supplies were down to broken crayons. The Crayon Holder is a device that holds various sized, partial or whole crayons to extend their use and reduce waste. Additionally, the wider circumference of the hard plastic holder makes the coloring and drawing experience more precise and essentially more comfortable. She realized all kids, parents and educators encounter broken crayons and could see the value of her holder. Cassidy has received a U.S. Patent for her invention: # 6,402,407 and also has one patent pending.
   At age 7, Caitlyn was frustrated that she never had an eraser when she needed one. She had just finished making two friendship bracelets, one for her friend and one for her, and then came up with the idea to put an eraser on the bracelet. Caitlyn ran an elastic band through a pink eraser and added beads that spelled out Eraselet. The Eraselet looks cute and fashionable, and now kids will always have an eraser with them.
   At the age of 8, Emily noticed that students often lose their pencils and cannot find them when they need them in class. Sometimes their desks are too messy to find a pencil, and students are still digging around in their desks when the lesson begins. Emily decided to develop a way that kids would always know where their pencils were. Emily invented the School for Pencils. When a teacher hangs the School for Pencils near the classroom entrance, students can take a pencil when they come into the classroom in the morning and put it back into School for Pencils when they leave. Emily’s School for Pencils is a school-shaped house made out of pencils that hangs on the wall of the classroom and stores pencils. This, way students will no longer have to dig around in their desks for pencils - they are housed near the classroom entrance.
   At the age of 7, Eric found that his best friend would call him almost every day to find out what the homework assignment was because he forgot his planner at school. Eric realized this was a common problem for kids. His brother had recently brought home a light switch that had a recording device built in that enabled you to record messages in the light switch. This gave Eric an idea. Eric developed the Recording Folder, a folder that has a built-in recording device that can be used to record a message. With his brother’s help, he built a working prototype. Now all kids have to do is record their homework on the folder’s recorder and just press play when they get home. No more forgotten planners.
   At the age of 11, Brenda was inspired by a classmate who is blind and invented Eye Paper to help her friend space her letters when writing and to help keep her writing straight. Her classmate needed someone to write her assignments for her, and Brenda wanted to help change that. She wanted to find a way to help the blind, like her classmate, to write. The Eye Paper helps the visually impaired feel the lines on the papers and spaces between letters and words so they can write. Brenda created raised lines on the paper in columns and rows to create a box for each letter. The user can feel the space in which to write each letter. She also thought of adding smell to the paper to make it more fun for the student using it.

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