Mothers of Invention

Cheryl Rosenberg Neubert (KRT News Service) wrote an article featuring mom inventors who have succeeded in developing and marketing their own products. These SAHMs/WAHMs saw specific needs and took it upon themselves to fill them. Not satisfied with what's available, Paula Duhn, Leianne Messina-Brown and Tamara Monosoff invented their own products.

Duhn, of Santa Ana, California, invented the Stay-Put bib (a bib that stays put through a feeding!), and sells it from her website, www.byamom.com.

Messina-Brown's invention is called the Gourmet Tote. It's a spill-proof food carrier that keeps foods hot or cold. It won an award for the best product in the Gourmet Gifts and Special Foods Category at the Gourmet Products Show 2004. The website is www.gourmettote.com.

Monosoff, of Walnut Creek, California, developed the TP Saver, a device that "prevents toilet paper from being pulled off the roll by inquisitive toddlers". She also set up www.mominventors.com to help other women inventors. The TP Saver is available at the website.

I was excited to read about these resourceful women. Not that I have my own invention to develop, but hey, that's possible someday. These mom inventors and others like them are a great encouragement!

Read the article as it appeared at the Lansing State Journal.