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Published January 14, 2012, 12:00 AM

District 196 Inventors Fair


Danielle Kniefel created her Stay Safe Backpack, a backpack with a safety light sewn into the back, after she discovered her idea for a backpack with a pop-up umbrella already existed.

  • Danielle Kniefel created her Stay Safe Backpack, a backpack with a safety light sewn into the back, after she discovered her idea for a backpack with a pop-up umbrella already existed.
  • Regan Hansen invented the Bow Protector to keep gifts looking their best. The reinforced cylinders lets you stack presents without crushing the decorative bows.
  • Courtney Smallman's Photomatic lets families build their own custom calendars by creating spaces to insert personal photos.
  • Sarah Enochs hopes to keep classrooms tidy with her Chair Hook, a desk with a hook on the bottom to hang the chair. She thinks the hanging chairs will be neater than the cluster of chairs stacked on desks that usually results when students are in a hurry to leave at the end of the day.
  • Sidney Preater wants to keep bring her puppy along wherever she goes, which is why she created a dog carrier that attaches to her scooter. She said the puppy didn't always want to walk as far as she wanted to go. So far the carrier has been a hit with the pooch.
  • Rosemount Elementary School student Jeremy Braucks might have invented his way into a new household chore with the Easy Brush, a scrubber attached to PVC pipe that makes it easier to clean behind the toilet.
  • Hailey Zeissler kept getting tired legs lugging her clarinet to school on her scooter, so she invented the Sceet 350, a scooter with a seat. The design is still limited to a hand-sized prototype, but she's happy with the idea.
  • Feeding the dog will be a snap for Noah Leighton now that he's invented the Flash Feeder. Step down on a pedal, and food drops from the bin into a waiting dish. Noah settled on this idea after his original plan, for a robot that does your homework for you, proved too difficult to build.
  • The biggest problem with Ben Christiansen's Snoball Maker? There's hardly been enough snow this winter for him to properly test it. The machine has a cup at the end of a lever to pack down snow into the perfect sphere. And when it's done, just flip the cup over to drop the snowball out and get ready for the next one. He said it's performed well in limited testing.