the holder

Logan participated in the Student Inventors Fair this week. All fourth graders were asked to identify a problem, invent a solution, and create a presentation to be displayed in the school lobby.

The Problem:
My problem is that my piano books never stay open when I'm trying to play out of them.

Materials:

• Three wooden Popsicle sticks
• Two eight-inch pieces of Pex tubing
• One thirteen-inch piece of Pex tubing
• Four five-inch pieces of Pex tubing
• Three PVC Tees
• One metal L-bracket
• One metal S-clip
• One large binder clip
• Three bolts
• Three small hex nuts

My Solution: The Holder
I created a wooden “arm” constructed out of Popsicle sticks that is attached to the thirteen-inch piece of Pex tubing with a screw. The Popsicle sticks are hooked to each other with a bolt and a hex nut and at the end of the last stick I drilled a hole and attached an L-bracket using another bolt. I used this L-bracket to hold up an S-clip, which I clamped shut using a needle-nosed pliers. On the other end of the S-clip I hooked on a large binder clip, which could clamp onto the pages of the book you choose to hold open. Then I pinched the other end of the S-clip shut as well.