A 12-year-old primary school student in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, has invented a low-cost glue-made drying tool to help dry towels quickly in order to solve his mother’s problem of towel drying.
It will be available in some 100 yen stores in Japan from later this month.
The product, which is 35 cm long and 20 cm wide, was created by mini inventor Guan Benchuang especially for his mother Yuko. The method of use is to install the cylindrical tool on a coat hanger or clothes drying pole, and then put the towel on it to dry. Towels and sheets work faster than usual, even when they are dried indoors, thanks to tools that allow air to circulate between the towels.
The “Helping Hand” was exhibited at the Fukushima Prefecture Invention Exhibition in 2017, and the design patent was registered the following year. Mr Kwan is honoured by the commoditisation of his invention and hopes it will be put to use in families.
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