{"id":4724,"date":"2011-07-22T08:13:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T13:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2017-08-21T08:04:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T12:04:41","slug":"meet-kathy-potty-paws-inventor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/meet-kathy-potty-paws-inventor\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Kathy, Potty Paws Inventor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4731 photo\" title=\"kathy - potty paws\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/kathy-potty-paws.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"338\" \/>Living in their Stamford, Conn., apartment, Pittsburgh natives Kathy and her husband often enjoyed taking their pup on long walks at the city park or along the picturesque streets near their home.\u00a0 To help keep Stamford\u2019s streets clean and\u00a0beautiful, city officials enforced mandatory pet waste pick-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey offered a small bag with handles to use for this, but I found these to be inadequate,\u201d said Kathy.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy, a busy medical assistant and office manager, needed a more efficient and sanitary way to dispose of her pup\u2019s waste.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take Kathy and her husband long to come up with\u00a0a solution, sealable mitts that ensured easy disposal; but, they didn\u2019t necessarily have the support of their family from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came up with this idea about one month later\u2026 When I told my family, they didn\u2019t really think I could make this happen,\u201d said Kathy.\u00a0 \u201cI have had ideas in the past, but never acted on them, because I didn\u2019t have the time or finances to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proving skeptical family wrong, Kathy\u2019s husband began researching invention companies and they decided to go with a hometown option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter contacting Davison and getting their input, we slowly got this idea off the ground. Of course, we didn&#8217;t know what to expect,\u201d said Kathy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo alignright wp-image-4732 size-full\" title=\"potty paws\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/potty-paws.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"177\" \/>Davison designers worked diligently with Kathy and her husband\u00a0to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/products\/pet\/potty-paws\/\">Potty Paws<\/a>, anti-microbial, paw-shaped mitts that easily slip on, then turn inside out and zip shut for mess-free waste disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the mitts were licensed by Hugs Pet Products, an innovative company devoted to enhancing the lives of pets and their owners\u00a0by delivering cutting edge pet products.<\/p>\n<p>It may not have\u00a0happened overnight, but\u00a0Kathy said she always believed in her idea and she had some advice for other inventors who may have doubts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe there is always room for a new product for the consumer to try.\u00a0 You do need to be patient and be ready to put in the time and money.\u00a0 There is no guarantee that your idea will be a great product, so be ready for anything,\u201d said Kathy.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Kathy\u2019s husband passed away during their invention process, but she said she knows he would be thrilled with the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had more communication with the Davison group than my late husband and they have kept me informed every step of the journey and have shown much kindness [over] the loss I have had\u2026 Seeing my product for sale is the reality of the dream we both had.\u00a0 I would certainly do it again,\u201d said Kathy.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Kathy, the\u00a0adorable product has been\u00a0a \u201cpaws-itive\u201d success!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The client has not realized a net profit on this product. <\/strong><strong>A typical project does not get a royalty agreement, sell in stores or generate a profit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living in their Stamford, Conn., apartment, Pittsburgh natives Kathy and her husband often enjoyed taking their pup on long walks at the city park or along the picturesque streets near their home.\u00a0 To help keep Stamford\u2019s streets clean and\u00a0beautiful, city officials enforced mandatory pet waste pick-up. \u201cThey offered a small bag with handles to use &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,2,66],"tags":[139,140,126,116,81],"class_list":["post-4724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-invention","category-inventing-advice","category-inventor-stories","tag-davison-invention","tag-davison-inventor","tag-hugs-pet-products","tag-inventor-story","tag-pet-invention"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Kathy, Potty Paws Inventor - Davison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davison confidentially works with people to develop their new product ideas. 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