When I was fresh out of school and had lots of idle time sittin around the firehouse I used to do leatherwork. Helmet shields, belts, holsters...that kinda stuff.

Me and another guy came up with a security back then and most of the local "coppers"

used the design.

We thought we should patent the idea and become rich....well, we spent $925.00 in lawyer fees with patent searches, pre-fee's for this and that and never ended up getting a damn thing because of mo money mo money....patents make attorneys rich, not inventors