Stanley McClure, an 86-year-old inventor, is the retired owner of Delta Machine Works Inc. The company still manufactures some of his inventions. His patents include one for a machine that implants reflectors into the center line of highways.
“The patent office is a bunch of boneheads drawing salaries. I never had any patents that amounted to anything,” McClure said. “I’d be better off if I never heard of the patent office.”
“He’s a genius, but he never cared about making money,” his son Willis said. Now McClure lives with his cat, Cat. His small, well-kept house is scattered with gadgets, rows of books, piles of newspapers and junk of all descriptions.
McClure’s most recent project is an anti-gravity device, which he says will help the space program. “If I ever had any good days, I’ve done seen them,” he said sadly, “They tell me that happens.”