Million Dollar Ideas

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Ever since my kids were young, we would play a game with ideas. We never really named the game but it became Million Dollar Ideas. At different times, each of us came up with ideas for a new product or modification of an existing product. After someone had an idea, everyone would discuss viability, targeted markets, multiple uses, and we would check to see if the idea had already been claimed and was already on the market. After they moved out, we'd still play the game via texts or emails. The person with the idea will text the other two and we would chat about the idea. Most of these Million Dollar Ideas were dismissed after discussing them. I was out today and at the top of the onlet ramp from the freeway was a woman with a shopping cart. It was obviously all of her possessions. She held a sign asking for help. I handed her some money as I drove past. I got to the store and did my shopping. As I shopped, I thought about how awful it would be to be living out of a shopping cart. Dangerous. No security. Unhealthy. Vulnerable. I mean, when homeless sleep, someone could steal everything they had in the cart, right? No way to secure your most valuable things. On the way home I thought of putting fiberglass panels over the metal bars on the cart and a hinged lid on top that could be locked. The basket next to the handles could be another covered, locking compartment. Posts along the top could be extendable front and back to serve as braces for a waterproof vestibule, just large enough to sleep under. The homeless population would gain a tiny bit of security and have a portable shelter. I doubt they could purchase them directly but agencies advocating for the homeless might be interested. So. Do I call the kids with this Million Dollar Idea?