My”Buddy”Towel® By Angelyn Myers

 

(My”Buddy”Towel® is currently available on their Indiegogo Campaign page)

 

Being a mom of 6 laundry piles up fast! One of my kids insisted on using 3 towels to dry off! One on her head, one around her shoulders and one tied around her legs. Of course, she would still complain about being too cold! That’s when I had my light bulb moment! This child needs a full body towel to slip on immediately after a bath or pool time! My”Buddy”Towel® is so fun and easy! Just Slip on, zip up and GO!!

 

(We invite all inventors who want to share their stories to either answer the following questions or use them as a guide.   We started offering this when we uploaded this version of InventionStories.com late last year and Angelyn Myers has been the first to do so.)

 

What kind a child were you?  Did you enjoy figuring out how things work?

There’s no stopping me-When I got an idea in my head and say I’m going to do something!! Ive always been intrigued by “As seen on TV” items! Whether buying in tv or checking out the “As Seen On TV” isle at stores!  I’ve been an entrepreneur since a very young age! From putting together Koolaide/lemonade stands to having my own garage sales/carnival like games charging my siblings $ to play and win prizes! My fav was always selling Girlscout cookies or school fundraisers. If there was a prize I wanted-I hit the streets and went door to door and asked everyone I could until I reached my goal! I would babysit often which let me to opening my own in home daycare for almost 10 years!

Did you have a family member or know someone growing up who was an inventor?

You can say it runs in the family!

Both of my grandfathers! One was a painter. He created a nifty paint brush cleaner out of a milk jug and wire. The other designed a squirrel catcher and many other homemade solutions!

My dad worked  as a  butcher at the local grocery store. One day I over heard my parents talking about his invention of a new meat cutting machine.  He contacted a invent-help-type agency. But there was a  $500 agency fee so they never went further. I’ve often wondered what if?? Lol

Have you invented before?

Yes! 4th grade invention contest! It’s what all Galena Primary 4th graders look forward too!(or at least I did!) I had the perfect invention! Toaster Picker Uppers! I criss crossed  2 wooden dowels and used a rubber band to hold them together. There was “patent” paperwork and drawings  to fill out explaining the invention. Judges came and inspected and choose 1st 2nd  and 3rd place winners every year. . It was the early 1990’s I was 9 and I thought I invented the best thing ever, unfortunately I did not win.  (Essentially it  had already been invented– wooden tongs lol) Being intrigued with the idea of creating something new, maybe led me to inventing My”Buddy”Towel®

How did you come up with the name?

I had a few names In mind after some time I narrowed it down by  thinking—

My full body towel,it’s a full body character towel, and onesie=

The Original My “Buddy” Towel® It’s a towel and Onesie in One™, Just Slip On, Zip Up, and Go!™

 

 

What gave you the idea for My”Buddy”Towel® and why did you act?

I was tired of to much towel laundry, kids using 2/3 towels each! Towels fall off the little kids, and  Kids being cold and not wanting to get out of the bath or pool!!  I mentioned my idea to my husband–and he simply said go for it! Solution- The first and only towel and onesie in one- My”Buddy”Towel® And now it’s like our 7th baby!

 

What kind of market research did you d?