CONSUMERS : A Leg-Saving Way to Stop Hosiery Runs
For women, and perhaps for panty-hose promoter Joe Namath, there’s Runaway, a new, clear liquid that stops hosiery runs in seconds.
Runaway, which doesn’t stick to your leg like nail polish, comes in a little bottle that can be kept in purse or desk drawer. It has a control-tip sponge applicator that measures out the proper amount of liquid.
Tracie Cessna--a computer sales representative from Westlake Village, Calif., who says she invented her product because she got tired of slapping “gobs of sticky nail polish” on her legs--cautions consumers to keep Runaway, which is flammable, away from heat or flame.
Runaway can be purchased at beauty supply stores for a suggested retail price of $3.98 or can be ordered for another $1 from Cessna Creations, 2899 Agoura Road, 144, Westlake Village, Calif. 91361; phone (805) 499-7233.
One-Piece Stereo
Duetto, a single speaker that produces stereo sound, will be introduced at the Consumer Electronics Shows in Chicago in early June and sold in electronics stores by mid-month.
Marketed in the U.S. by Revox of Switzerland, the single cabinet is a triangular prism measuring 14 1/4x14 1/4x14 inches and weighs 27 pounds. Available at a later date will be a special ceiling mount kit.
Revox representatives say Duetto can not only reproduce right and left stereo channels but can create three-dimensional sound.
“This is accomplished by two sets of three drivers in opposite sides of the triangular-shaped cabinet,” a Revox spokeswoman said. “The drivers are acoustically coupled to each other, building a stereo matrix.”
Duetto is designed to be used with a subwoofer, such as the Revox Power Cube amplified subwoofer or passive Piccolo Base subwoofer, which supplies very low frequencies.
The Duetto subwoofer combination can serve as a primary or extension speaker system and to enhance sound from stereo TV receivers or video equipment.
The standard speaker comes in black or white vinyl or high gloss black lacquer finish or can be special-ordered in white lacquer. Suggested retail prices are $795 for vinyl and $1,095 for lacquer. The matching Power Cube is $1,600 in white or black vinyl; Piccolo Bass is $450.
The new system is available in the Los Angeles area at Beverly Stereo on Beverly Boulevard and Paris Audio in Los Angeles and Woodland Hills. For other authorized dealers, contact the company at: Revox Division, Studer Revox America Inc., 1425 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, Tenn. 37210; phone (615) 254-5651.
Beasty Mail Boxes
The latest “cow craze” item is a custom mailbox that resembles a Holstein. But, in case you’re tiring of cow paraphernalia, Mom’s Mailbox Co. in Miami also offers other animals--dogs, cats, elephants, horses, pigs, raccoons, for example--or birds or fish. Most of the creatures cost $39.95, plus $5 shipping and handling. The dolphin and shark are $45; Orca whale, $49.95.
All the mailboxes are constructed of galvanized metal with matching pine heads sealed with polyurethane and attached with galvanized screws. Each box is hand-painted and signed by the artist.
The boxes also are approved by the U.S. Postal Service, company president Jody Engel says. To order, contact Mom’s Mailbox Co., P.O. Box 560072, Miami, Fla. 33156; phone, (305) 666-0360.
Hush Little Baby
New for babies is Criboose, a crib accessory that holds a baby bottle upright and may help parents settle their baby to sleep without constantly standing next to him or her or getting up in the night when the child cries.
Criboose, which has two pockets in a 14x22-inch cotton holder, attaches inside the crib with eight ties and is machine washable. It comes in the primary colors and has a train applique hand-stitched on the side.
Criboose inventor Maryann Waxtel of Brooklyn, N.Y., says that parents can leave a bottle in the crib at night for babies, or secure pacifiers and teething rings there so they don’t get lost in the sheets.
Waxtel, a 31-year-old mother of a 1-year-old son, says she designed Criboose after her pediatrician advised her to leave a bottle of water in her son Andy’s crib at night so he could get it when he woke and wouldn’t grow dependent on his parents to come and soothe him.
To order, send a check for $19.50, plus $1.75 for postage and handling, to Waxtel’s company, I Think I Can, 259 Windsor Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218.
