Invention of the day 6

The Cold Sling©. This one is Lola’s.

When Lola has a cold, which is too often for my liking, she gets a scarf and makes a diagonal sling (Mexican bandito style), knotted at the waist with a plastic shopping bag at the hip. The bag contains a box of tissues and is also a receptacle for the used tissues.

The benefit of this device is that she always has tissues at hand and somewhere to dispose of them, rather than leaving a Hansel and Gretel-style trail around the house.

Taking this one step further, the patented Cold Sling© would be a diagonal shoulder sling containing receptacles for both tissues and used tissue disposal.

It would have a slide in, Velcro-shut compartment at shoulder level for those flat packs of Aloe Vera tissues. A tissue could be extracted through the exposed slot in the sling.

And, just above hip level, there would be a round slot to push through used tissues. This would be one of those plastic four quadrant jobs, allowing tissues to pushed through but not allowing them to come out of their own accord. There would be a disposable bag in there which when full would be extracted and disposed of. A replacement bag would then be put in place.

The sling might also contain some small slots for useful things such as bottles of vitamin C tablets, Otrivin, smartphone, mini air freshener, etc.

The sling would have an adjustable strap for fitting but thereafter would be fitted and removed over the head just like a bike courier bag.