The Shoulderbrella, For Hands-Free Dryness
By Jared Newman
Love umbrellas, but hate holding them? Consider the Shoulderbrella, a tube that wraps around your upper body to hold the umbrella in place. All you have to do is remove the cap at the end of the tube, and stick the end of your umbrella inside. This strikes me as one of those inventions that’d be perfect if it weren’t for one glaring problem. In this case, you’ve got to wrap the Shoulderbrella around yourself in a such a way that it stands perfectly upright, and who wants to do that when the rain is pouring down? If this doesn’t deter you, and you’re in Japan, the Shoulderbrella is yours for 2,499 yen, or roughly $26. [Hands-Net via Red Ferret]
