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Put-in-Cups NewsAbout.com ReviewGuide Review - Put-In-Cups Chain Link Fence Art and Writing I came across Put-In-Cups at a trade show and was really impressed with the fact that someone had invented this product. In my part of the country, it's common to see school chain link fences decorated with team names, mascots or sayings made with white (or sometimes painted) plastic drinking cups. But the cups blow out, they break and they don't last very long. So, Put-In-Cups is an innovative way to do the same thing only in a much better way. The product is available in a wide range of colors, it's easy to use, it will last in all weather conditions and it's reusable. With Put-In-Cups, you're only limited by your imagination. Read Full Article...
Fort Worth Star-TelegramDecember 18, 2003 THE CUPBEARER Local man hopes he makes his mark with decorative invention Author: PAUL BOURGEOIS; Star-Telegram Staff Writer Edition: Final Section: Metro Page: 1B Article Text: FORT WORTH--Just when you think there's nothing left to invent, Randall Hunt shows up with a plastic cup you can't drink out of. The cups may not hold water, but Hunt hopes they hold the key to his future. The colorful cups are designed to be jammed into a chain-link fence to make designs or to spell out things like "Go [fill in your favorite sports team here]!" This week, Hunt has been at Amon G. Carter Stadium sticking some 5,000 of his cups into the fence in preparation for the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl on Tuesday. The idea is to promote the game and the invention. He calls them Put-In-Cups because users put them in a fence. Hunt, 39, calls it the greatest thing in fencing since barbed wire. He hopes it will make him a fortune, or at least enough to give up running Bill's Electric Co. Bill was his dad. "It would be nice to make a lot of money," laughs wife Michelle Hunt, who stays home in Aledo with the couple's three children when she's not helping Randall jam cups into fences. "Some people say I might be the next Bill Gates," Hunt said as he snapped purple Put-In-Cups into a TCU logo in the stadium fence. "They are saying this could be as big as Hula-Hoops or Post-it notes." He said that for a couple of hundred dollars, every school, church and business could have enough cups to spell out anything they wanted in their fences. He said it's cheaper than buying a banner and can be changed. On Tuesday, Hunt was at TCU spelling "PlainsCapital Bank," sponsor of the first PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl. Scott Pomeroy, supervisor of operations for the bowl game, said he also asked Hunt to make a design of a buffalo, which is part of the bank's logo. Hunt is also fashioning a Horned Frog and a Bronco -- the TCU and Boise State mascots. Hunt said the inspiration for Put-In-Cups came a couple of years ago. He was driving past a school in south Fort Worth when he saw students mashing foam cups into a chain-link fence to spell out an announcement for an upcoming football game. "Later that week, I noticed that the wind had blown the cups out of the fence and into the road," he said. A lot of tinkering led Hunt to a 1-inch-tall, diamond-shaped cup. It has slots allowing it to be compressed into any size chain-link fence and has catches that hold it in place. Fame, glory and riches have avoided Hunt so far, but he's confident Put-In-Cups are going to catch on. "There's a lot of chain-link fences out there," he said. He's working on cups that glow in the dark. PLAINSCAPITAL FORT WORTH BOWL No. 19 TCU versus No. 18 Boise State 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Amon G. Carter Stadium TV: ESPN Radio: WBAP/820 AM Records: TCU 11-1, Boise State 12-1 Tickets: $25 and $40. ONLINE: www.putincups.com Paul Bourgeois, (817) 390-7796 bourgeois@star-telegram.com Copyright 2003 Star-Telegram, Inc. Record Number: 11201050
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