Mothers Cook Up Good Ideas
Annmarie Vanini was on her knees scrubbing behind the toilet for what seemed like the millionth time.
Her son, Brian, was moving from that crucial potty-training stage, transitioning from sitting on the potty to standing at the toilet. Despite practicing with toilet targets and other potty training aids, Brian just couldn’t seem to aim straight into the water.
And it was driving Vanini nuts.
So she sat down with a sketch pad and started drawing a design for what would eventually become the Flippee Toilet Shield, a curved piece of plastic that can be swiveled up to cup the toilet bowl and flipped down when not in use.
Though the stay-at-home mom had no intention of becoming an inventor, that’s exactly what happened.
“I had a problem and I fixed it,” Vanini said. “I thought, ‘If I’m doing this for myself, I have to do it for other people.”
Photo by ReeAssured Products.
African American Mom on May 14th, 2009 1:31 pm
OMG!!! I. LOVE. IT.
Amerisy on May 14th, 2009 3:58 pm
Yeah, it’s a good idea but…..don’t ya think that thing will get pee all over it. Then, you flip it down and the pee drips all over the floor. So I am asking myself would I rather sit in pee or step in it?
Moschel Kadokura on May 14th, 2009 10:00 pm
This is such a great idea! Wish I had it when my boys were young. I think this will help a lot of families.
Annmarie Vanini on May 15th, 2009 4:25 am
To address Amerisy’s comment:
Flippee was designed with a “drip lip” that prevents any excess from hitting the floor when it is flipped down into the storage position. You can view this feature here:
http://www.flippee.com/product.html#driplip
Thank you,
Annmarie
Amerisy on May 16th, 2009 12:17 am
Okay I am impressed. Well thought out product.
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