{"id":90,"date":"2013-07-12T13:18:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2013-07-15T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T13:17:51","slug":"a-jersey-city-inventor-created-a-bike-rack-to-carry-packages-of-different-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"A Jersey City inventor created a bike rack to carry packages of different shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

By The Jersey Journal <\/a><\/p>\n

on July 12, 2013<\/div>\n
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Design engineer and Jersey City resident Beda Angelo Pormentilla, 27, never would have guessed that a 1 a.m. craving run on his bicycle to the local supermarket for his pregnant wife, Melanie, would turn into just the inspiration the he needed for his first invention.\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things, you know, that never would have happened, had I not taken my bike to the grocery store that night,\u201d he said.Pormentilla explained that the gallon of milk, several cereal boxes and fruit he bought that night fell off his bike\u2019s rack, and spilled all over the road in no time.\u201cI had to walk my bike home in one hand, and I carried the box in the other hand, and I was exhausted by the time I got home,\u201d he recalled.Using that experience as a catalyst, he developed a bike rack prototype later dubbed, Wingspan, a back- mounted bike rack that expands out horizontally, allowing bicyclists to secure items with a built-in bungee cord, he explained.\u201cMost conventional bike racks, the ones that are rear-facing, they have a very narrow profile, so you can only load so much on there before everything kind of gets very unbalanced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pormentilla added that his design allows for versatility to accommodate packages of different sizes and shapes. \u201cThis design pretty much eliminates all jury-rigging that has to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pormentilla\u2019s design was recently chosen by Quirky, an online invention company, to be produced and sold, according to Tiffany Markofsky, director of public relations. \u201cThis is a product everybody\u2019s excited about,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely clever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pormentilla\u2019s invention is currently in development, and could come to market by year\u2019s end, according to Markofsky.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very surreal,\u201d Pormentilla explained of being chosen. \u201cIt was like I was on cloud nine, because I had worked so hard in developing this product, and I knew it had a lot of potential.\u201d
\nPormentilla, who attended Saint Peter\u2019s Preparatory School, before going on to major in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers, explained that he always wanted to invent things that could improve people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told myself, one day, it\u2019d be nice for me to invent something that could help the masses,\u201d he said. \u201cI always had that passion in me to make something great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By The Jersey Journal on July 12, 2013 Design engineer and Jersey City resident Beda Angelo Pormentilla, 27, never would have guessed that a 1 a.m. craving run on his bicycle to the local supermarket for his pregnant wife, Melanie, …<\/p>\n

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