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In the live production world, there was a product called “spider pod”. It is a riser for a camera tripod to get the camera up higher. It came with a step for the camera operator. A metal worker who used to work in television made it, patented it, and ran the entire business out of his shed. It became a staple in the television industry. After his last kid graduated college, he retired. You can now only get them used and nothing has replaced them on the market.
If you’re sitting on a million dollar market gap, why are you telling us about it and not making it?
Because it hasn’t been long enough for the patent to expire so no one is allowed to make it.
Not entirely true, anyone could make it with his permission and pay him royalties.