SUCCESS STORIES

Today, people just like you have trademarked their great ideas and are on their way to making profits on products they believed in. Here are just a few of the many success stories:

Baby Comfort Strap: Karen Alvarez, mother of three, recognized that shopping cart seat belts were often broken, missing, or filthy. She designed and trademarked an adjustable, padded safety belt that could prevent shopping cart accidents.

Company name: Baby Comfort Company Founded: 1997, Dublin, California Sales: Not Reported For more information: www.babycomfort.com

L'Escarfe: Margaret Thomson liked wearing scarves but wanted something different. She experimented with several ideas and designed a scarf that slips over her head and drapes automatically. When coworkers asked where they could get these accessories, she patented her design and began selling her own "slip on . . . frustration-free" scarves.

Company: Scarves by Margaret Founded: 1995, Grosse Pointe, Michigan Tag line: You'll never have to tie a scarf again!© Sales: About 20 scarves a week. For more information: www.scarvesbymargaret.com

Dirtbag Clothing: Doug Canning wanted a way to quit his corporate job and make money. He began manufacturing t-shirts, hats, beanies, and sweatshirts geared toward hip teenagers looking for an alternative to mass-market brands.
Company: Dirtbag Clothing Founded: 1996, San Francisco, California
Tag line: wear it 'til it stinks Sales: $60,000 in 2001.
For more information: www.dirtbagclothing.com

No Pudge! No Fat Original Brownie Mix: Lindsay Frucci loved fudgy, chewy brownies but hated fat in her food or on her hips. Rejecting no fat brownie mixes she had tried before, she came up with her own recipe and now sells her mixes at grocery and natural food stores across the country.
Company: No Pudge Foods Founded: 1995, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
Sales: $1.36 Million for 2001 For more information: www.nopudge.com

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