http://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-news/all-new-discovery-series-celebrates-ingenuity-inve/

I was among many other inventors invited in for an audition.  I enjoyed pitching my invention to Billy and Sully and getting their feedback on my product’s TV sellability.  Sully commented that the fact that I am already selling it on the Home Shopping Network puts me far beyond 99.9% of inventors.  After the pitch, I was able to get a picture with Billy and Sully!  What a fun adventure this was!! 

Melanie with Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan

                              http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=106894

She-Edison, LLC donated 6 SnapBaggers for this event and it was enough to supply 2 teams with equipment to bag the leaves for either disposal or transport to compost.  Whereas rakes were abundant, most teams had to rely on the slow and cumbersome “two-person method” for bagging the leaves, where one person holds the bag open while the other person tries to load the bag.   The two teams that were provided SnapBaggers finished in half the time!

She-Edison, LLC will make this an annual donation and hopefully next year will be able to provide every team with SnapBaggers.

SnapBagger cut our time in half!

According to an article by Column Technologies, Inc., in the late 1700’s Captain John Ames founded the Ames Shovel Company in Easton, Massachussetts.  The company’s primary product was metal bladed shovels which were produced by the dozens and carted to nearby Boston for sale.  Captian Ames quickly realized that a single type of shovel is not the best for every application.  Over the years, the Ames Shovel Company began experimenting with various handle lengths and head shapes for specific applications.  While America expanded rapidly, it could not have done so without the Ames shovel.  The shovel played a very quiet part in the industrialization of America, and is still a staple tool for most homeowners.

I think Captain John Ames would be pleased with the SnapBagger technology which utilizes “square point shovel” technology which is ideal for scraping loose debris (like leaves) off the ground.  The SnapBagger converts a flimsy, structureless plastic bag into an useful and dynamic shovel, which saves the homeowner considerable time and effort.  It is a new twist (patented in 2008) on an old but proven idea!