<VV> Tinkering

[J R Read_HML]

Perhaps the Wrights was the wrong example?

Maybe Kearns would fit the bill as a tinkerer?

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. infringed on inventor Robert Kearns' patents for 
intermittent windshield wipers, a federal jury ruled last week. Kearns 
invented "blinking" wipers in his basement

Read more: 
http://www.autonews.com/article/20081002/ZZZ_SPECIAL/810029938/0/AUTOMAKERS#ixzz0gzdsMk9T

Later, JR