by unjust » 29 Aug 2008 10:56
try to explain it. if you can't verbalize it you'll have a tough time producing it, and even simple line drawings will be a huge help to us understanding it.
you can of course hire a patent atty to write up the idea, or get a provisional patent for 100 in the usa, but chances are something similar has been done.
personally i've bounced around a few ideas, and found extant things that were similar and used those and the advice of folks to refine my thoughts.