The Need

As a parent of competitive athletes, I have purchased a lot of equipment. Over the years, I found myself replacing most of that equipment regularly due to breakage and rot, which was often tied to ineffective wet/dry storage. Most of this equipment was expensive, so I decided to buy an existing product that would solve my problem. I spent weeks surfing the web, and to my surprise, I couldn't find a single product that met my needs. Once I realized there wasn't an existing product to buy off the shelf, I started thinking about building one. Nearly two years later, I came up with a design concept for efficient sports equipment transport. I then took my design to an engineering firm and hired them to build a prototype. At the same time, I hired a law firm that specialized in IP and Patent Law to file patent paperwork to protect my new product. 

The result of this multi-year journey was the patented Sports Tote.