Mom’s Invention Gives Shorties A Lift
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
If you’ve visited a public restroom in a Whole Foods location or at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport lately, you may have noticed a new convenience — the Step ‘n Wash.
Joi Sumpton, a mother of two, was sick of hoisting her kids up to wash their hands and realized there was something missing in public restrooms.
The changing tables were there, but what about help for the bigger kids?
It was October of 2004 when she came up with the idea for a retractable step to enable children to safely reach the sink and soap dispenser. She and her husband Paul took the idea to an Atlanta engineering firm and the product was available by November of 2005.
“I get lots of nice e-mails and one day I received one from the mother of a 12-year-old child with dwarfism. She said the Step ‘n Wash allowed her daughter to wash her hands on her own for the first time in a public restroom. That’s probably the best I’ve felt,” Sumpton says.
Photo by Step ‘n Wash.
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