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August 15, 2007 by Rich Whittle | 0 Comments

Seattle Times:

At first, Jake Crevin knocked his plastic tumbler off the high chair accidentally, but eventually it became a game: See how many times Mommy will pick it up. On outings, he’d toss it out of his stroller, and it would get dirty, or simply lost.

First, Sari Crevin sewed a fabric strap to keep the cup from landing on the floor or the sidewalk, but it slipped off the cup too easily until she added a rubber lining. Later, she added Velcro strips to fasten the ends.

Through online sites, including Mominventors.com, she got basic information on how to market a product, found a patent attorney and gained access to a discussion group of other amateur inventors. She now has the straps made overseas through a New Jersey company.

Back in the kitchen, the SippiGrip had the unexpected benefit of teaching Jake a problem-solving skill. “At 18 months, he might still push [the cup] off, but if he wanted a drink, it was dangling there. And he learned how to retrieve it by pulling up the strap.”

Photo by SippiGrip.

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