advice on making an item

....crud a name...Project is majory postponed, time spent in school, team practices, friends, job, money tied up for jacksonville, I soo wanna go to that, I got an invite to walk the feild with team so I actually get to stand where pro's get shot, lol I could imagine trying to deflate and put a bunker in my shirt... Plus other scenario games coming up aorund the country and area, so everythings on hold.

Ill mail the schematics to myself, and Ill find a name for it... maybe do a survey at school for sociology, what would you rather buy a "" or a "___"

First off, use the Poor-mans patent method. Draw up detailed blueprints with your personal information on them, then mail them to yourself. I'm not joking. This sets a standard that you in fact did it before anyone else did. I have friends that are free-lance writers that do this ALL the time. It may not stop anyone else from doing it, but it stops people from ever being able to sue you if they beat you to production.

Second, partnerships are typically a bad idea when dealing with low loss risk. If you can afford the production yourself and have little to no other overhead then most of the partnership benefits are lost. I take it that whatever you designed isn't likely to malfunction and get you sued?  That would be the only real benefit, in a limited partnership setting, all limited partners have zero personal liablity. Of course you'd have to convince your friend to be a general partner then, and that is kinda hard "Hey man, if we get sued, can it be like...JUST you who has to pay?"

So that leaves the (IMO) best method to start out with, which was already mentioned. eBay it. Make them and sell them off on eBay, any forum that does allow members to sell goods, anywhere and everywhere that will let you. By doing it yourself you'll at least see the most return as is possible. Be sure though to get an actual patent going as soon as possible.

Something that almost every marker ever could use other then pumps?....hmmm.....an ASA made out of cheese?

K thanks, its just that right now my prototype has other peoples things in them so its just a matter of getting some raw materials and making somehting 100% original from the shop, but if I were to sell an item and dont have the patent others may get a patent and steal my idea? Im just kind of scared someone will get ahold of my idea and run away with it.