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Got Idea While Recovering From Illness
Holly Tucker started inventing by accident, reports The Times-News.
She lost a shoe in her closet, and while recuperating from energy-draining cancer treatments, the 51-year-old Hendersonville resident couldn’t bring herself to root through her closet to find it.
Tucker’s frustration triggered her creative streak.
“It was just kind of a little exercise in trying to come up with an idea,” Tucker said. “I just kind of worked my way from the wall in the bathroom, and I suddenly got to the bed, and said, ‘You know, the space underneath the bed skirt, I wonder if it’s big enough to hold a shoe?’ ”
Alas, it was, and Tucker’s Shoe Skirt was born.
Two years later, her invention has been featured on the third season of “Everyday Edisons,” a national television show on PBS that doesn’t run in Henderson County but is available on Hulu.com. The show, which started airing in May, details the steps it takes for an idea to become a product on store shelves.
Here’s how her simple invention works: The shoe skirt hangs down from the mattress pad so the bulk of the heels of shoes actually go underneath the bed. It can comfortably store about 30 pairs of shoes, depending on the bed size.
The Shoe Skirt is now patented and Tucker signed a licensing agreement with the show. She and the show will make money if the product sells.
Photo by Times-News.
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Nan on October 8th, 2010 9:35 am
I wish Holly the best of luck with her idea, but I couldn’t see myself using such a product. The idea of sleeping in a bed surrounded by maloderous shoes is not an appealing one. Maybe it works for single people?
Sylvia Call on October 10th, 2010 2:44 am
Wow! What a great idea! I want one – and more for Christmas gifts. Good job, Holly! I don’t have that many pairs of shoes, but it’s a great place to put the book I am reading or whatever else that I I might want to store there.
Best of luck to you.
Angela Shupe on October 10th, 2010 2:17 pm
I could definitely use a product like that! It may not be necessary if you have plenty of space in your room/home but it would work wonders for someone that just doesn’t have much storage space to begin with. I also imagine you could use the pockets to hold other things? The first thing I can think of off the top of my head are books. I like to read a little before bed and I could easily use one of those pockets to store my night-time reading in.
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