T2 Design Corporation, featured on ABC’s hit TV series “American Inventor,” has designed and prototyped several more inventions for women in the past few years than a decade ago, and many of these inventions are now in the market place or launching soon. President of T2 Design, Paul Berman, has noticed a dramatic increase of women inventors and entrepreneurs and is proud that clients are debuting new products at Macworld and other conventions nationwide this year and next.

According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau report, the number of women-owned businesses grew 20 percent between 1997 and 2002, twice the national average for all businesses. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states that in 2002, the most recent year in which they have data for, women invented 10.9% of the inventions patented. In the past three years, T2 Design has noticed a substantial increase in female inventor clients and female entrepreneurs. Women inventors and entrepreneurs now account for approximately 30% of T2 Design’s clients.

T2 Design was hired by inventor Marion Kohte and her husband Hans, to develop their invention the “In Your Face viewbase” ™ for iPods and any PSP. This clever invention is a portable viewing device which allows the user to view videos or movies, hands-free and at eye level. It has a unique clamp base that attaches onto anything up to two inches thick and the viewbase is sturdy enough to enjoy steady viewing on an airplane ride. The “In Your Face viewbase” ™ was designed and prototyped by T2 Design and launched at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco . The product generated excitement and orders and is available on the web at www.InYourFaceUSA.com.

From Macworld to home furnishings, T2 Design’s inventions are drawing enthusiasm at conventions and are on the shelves in the marketplace. Kim Laney, a travel agent from, Warren , Ohio , came to T2 Design with an invention idea to make a versatile, adjustable purse and hat rack. T2 Design designed and created a 3D computer model of the product, often known as a 3D CAD model. The next step involved generating several photo-realistic renderings from the model. T2 Design’s process of virtual prototyping was so impressive, that when Kim personally shopped her patented invention with buyers at the Chicago Housewares Trade Show, she immediately closed a license deal with the Whitmor Company for her “Adjustable Hat Rack” and the “Adjustable Helmet Rack.” Kim received a healthy monetary advance and a standard royalty. The Whitmor “Adjustable Hat Rack” and the “Adjustable Helmet Rack” are now being manufactured and sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Space-Savers retail stores and on the web, as well as Amazon.com and others worldwide.

Cindy Forest, owner and head designer of Wisteria Jewelry just hired T2 Design to enhance her marketing. Wisteria Jewelry has been in business handcrafting unique gold and silver earrings, bracelets and necklaces in Northern California for 22 years. Wisteria Jewelry is sold in boutiques and galleries across the country, including D. Cole Jewelers in Portland , Maine , New Morning Gallery in Asheville , North Carolina and Geoclassics in Boston , Massachusetts . With more and more jewelry sold on the web or via QVC and Home Shopping Network, Ms. Forest decided it was time to expand her business to other sectors. She hired T2 Design to market her merchandize in particular to catalogues and possibly television, through electronic retailing, home shopping and infomercials. Wisteria Jewelry will soon be available on the web at www.wisteriajewelrydesigns.com.

Another female businesswoman, Barbara Barry, now residing in Idaho, introduced her innovative product at a knitting and needlecraft convention in San Diego. Ms. Barry invented the “ The Knit Kit,” a tool kit for knitters. Her unique gadget captured the attention of buyers at the TNNA convention and orders for thousands were placed on the spot, with thousands more Knit Kits ordered within weeks. Ms. Barry’s invention was designed and prototyped by T2 Design and this innovative product is available in knitting stores across the country and on the web at www.TheKnitKit.com. T2 Design also found Ms. Barry a manufacturer for her product. Inventor Barbara Barry says, “The Knit Kit is as essential for knitters, as the Swiss Army Knife is for campers.”

Maribeth Nickell came to T2 Design looking for a company to develop the design and prototype a historically inspired Yankee Dooley doll line. Ms. Nickell’s great grandfather, the acclaimed artist, F. Luis Mora, whose portrait of President Warren Harding still hangs in the White House today, painted a series of children’s characters for Ms. Nickell’s father when he was a child. These paintings were the inspiration for Ms. Nickell to create a line of action dolls and The Jacabee Code interactive website game, as well as unique, personalized online book publishing. T2 Design worked with Ms. Nickell and her partner Jaclyn Cannon and transformed the two-dimensional paintings into three dimensional dolls. Ms. Nickell’s game website www.JacabeeCode.com was launched this month and the Jacabee Code interactive online book publishing takes the adventures of history into a new and entertaining venue.

“Working with T2 Design was an easy choice for us,” said inventor Maribeth Nickell. “They produce high quality work with an incredible attention to detail. Their team really worked with us to understand our exact needs and maximize our dollars spent to produce our dolls.” She continued, “They are great partners who work hard to deliver beyond your expectations.”

Many inventors are inspired and are taking advantage of the onslaught of reality TV shows to develop and debut their invention ideas. Featured on the first season of ABC’s “American Inventor” TV series, produced by Freemantle Media and executive produced by the infamous Simon Cowell, Minnesota inventor Jodi Pliszka was paired up with T2 Design during production of the TV show. After filming, Jodi continued to work directly with T2 Design to find the right manufacturer for her hat, helmet and wig liner product and she now has achieved success with her award winning invention the “Headline It!” At the Beijing Olympics while competing on horseback, Sheila Taormina wore the Headline It! under her helmet and won the riding event of the pentathlon.

The “Headline It!” is now available at Walgreens.com, Target.com, Wilshire Wigs and several other venues including www.HeadlineItStore.com. Jodi Pliszka exclaimed, “T2 Design is amazing! They are professional and on top of everything from patent searches to high tech prototyping and have a vast knowledge of the marketplace. Paul Berman is fair, objective and will tell you like it is. Plus, he is a genius engineer by trade…amazing to work with.”

T2 Design has been designing and prototyping inventions for over twenty years. “Often clients find out about T2 Design on the internet. Consultations are done over the phone or in person,” said President Paul Berman, a University of Michigan graduate. “Inventors find us from around the world at www.T2design.com.”

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