In Episode 14 of the Inventor Spotlight, this episode features Denise Ramos, inventor of Pac-It-Pants—a clever all-in-one diaper and pants combo designed to save parents from diaper blowout disasters. What started as a mom’s messy moment at daycare turned into a patented innovation with a built-in “poop pocket” and attachable pants, streamlining diaper changes on the go.
Host Samantha St. Raymond sits down with Denise to talk about her eight-year journey: from juggling work and motherhood in Lincoln Park, NJ, to pitching major diaper brands and learning the ropes of product development, licensing, and resilience. Denise shares how she’s building Pac-It-Pants step by step while embracing detours, setbacks, and the power of doing things her way.
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/w-nS0SrJIiQ.
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*Connect and Collaborate: Join lively group chats and forums to brainstorm with fellow inventors, share your progress, and overcome obstacles together.
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Host Samantha St. Raymond sits down with Denise to talk about her eight-year journey: from juggling work and motherhood in Lincoln Park, NJ, to pitching major diaper brands and learning the ropes of product development, licensing, and resilience. Denise shares how she’s building Pac-It-Pants step by step while embracing detours, setbacks, and the power of doing things her way.
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/w-nS0SrJIiQ.
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To learn more about the Inventor Smart Community App, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/PxQvjjBq1S0
Inventor Smart Community App: The Ultimate Inventor's Community! Imagine a place where your invention ideas are celebrated, nurtured, and propelled forward. Welcome to Inventor Smart, where you'll connect with a passionate community of creators who understand your journey and help you bring your ideas to life!
Here's how Inventor Smart Community App will inspire you:
*Connect and Collaborate: Join lively group chats and forums to brainstorm with fellow inventors, share your progress, and overcome obstacles together.
*Tap into a Wealth of Knowledge: Get expert advice on patents, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, and retail distribution – all from experienced inventors who've been there.
*Spark Your Inspiration: Attend exciting online and in-person events designed to ignite your creativity and connect you with fellow innovators. Join live streams with industry leaders and the National Inventor Club, participate in book club meetings and Q&A sessions, or meet face-to-face at Meet and Greets.
*Gain Recognition: Showcase your invention to the community and gain valuable exposure. Pitch your ideas to explore potential partnerships. Be featured in our "Inventor in the Spotlight" series, where we share your inspiring journey with the community.
*Stay in the Know: Receive real-time notifications and announcements to keep you informed and inspired. Download Inventor Smart today and experience the power of a supportive community!
Download the Inventor Smart Community app today:
iOS in the Apple app store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inventor-smart-community/id6448789752
and Andriod in Google Play store: https://inventorsmartplay.com
Also on the web app.inventorsmart.com.
Have a great invention idea? Do you want to know if your idea will make you money? If you're just getting started, need help with product development, engineering, prototyping, finding a product licensing agent or with bringing your invention idea to reality manufacturing overseas or in the USA, schedule a call with Brian Fried, The Inventor Coach @ https://brianfried.com
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Okay, so welcome to episode fourteen of Inventor Spotlight with
the lovely Denise Ramos. We'll get to all that in
just a moment. So if your first time you're on here,
this is the Inventor Smart Community, brought to you by
the National Inventor Club and of course Inventor Smart, which
is an app that you can find and download. If
(00:44):
you're an inventor and you're looking for a community for help, guidance, advice,
just to be in together, please find us on anywhere
that you download your apps, Google Play or the Apple
Store and Inventor Smart Community. So this is, like I said,
episode thirteen of our community, Inventor Spotlight. So we'll take
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some of our ventors that are our premium members in
our community and we interview them, we highlight them, we
talk about just a casual conversation of how your invention
came to be, what inspired you, kind of where you're at,
what your journey is. And today I'm just thrilled to
have Denise with us.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Welcome Denise, thank you so much. Samantha, happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Happy to be here too. So we met recently in
person at the National Inventor Club's Inventor Day twenty twenty four, Alexandria, Virginia.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yes, oh man, that was a great thing.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It was really cool. Yes, and I think I can't
remember how many were in attendance, but a lot of us.
Was the first time that we were to meet in person.
Of course, we do a lot of online events, So
just really quick, how did you feel about being together
as a group for your first time with us?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
It was great. I met a lot of interesting people,
people who are in the process just like myself. I'm
trying hitting the floor, running, trying to get product out
and just making connections along the way. And like myself,
I went there because I wanted to join a community.
I wanted to get out of the box and expand,
and the only way to do that is actually to
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connect with other people of the like minded people who
are going through the process and give you advice.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Exactly. It's the same process. And I love how you're
mentioning and I will as well as a reminder, you know,
we're all at different stages. Some people are serial inventors,
like Brian has multiple patents and multiple products on the market,
so obviously he's been a great coach and a mentor
to all of us and developing this app. It's the
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first of its kind and it's really growing exponentially and
just again like minded inventors like yourself. So I'm so
glad that you found us and that you're part of
our community and part of this team. So tell us
about your invention, give us the name, and just go
ahead and give us a quick product description and how
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you came up with this idea. I love it, by
the way.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Thank you so much. My invention is called packet pants
and packet pants. The whole object was to have a
pair of extra pants attachable pants onto a diaper, so
that when you're when the parent is either at daycare
or they're at the park, only thing they have to
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do is just pick up a pair of these packet
pants diapers and the diaper is already embedded into the
pants while they're by belchrome and pretty much it solves
a solution, but also the diaper itself. Let me show
you the other prototype. The diaper itself is a diaper
that has a built in poop pocket. Now, as you
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can see, you have your standard diaper here and in
the back panel of the diaper where the baby sits.
There is a pocket that I sew in to hold
down number two. Now, how this came to be was
me first time mom mane what eight years ago when
my daughter had her poop explosions. Someone gave her Darien daycare,
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took her home, and all of a sudden, I just
put my hands down her back and my hands was
full of poop. And it happened a few times, and
I figured, Okay, there had to be something that could
help remedy this issue. So it just stayed in my mind.
Another issue was when she had her first diaper rash,
which ended up with the UTI and I spent the
week at the hospital and I'm like, okay, well, let
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me figure out what I could do to modify a diaper.
And this is when the first idea came was creating
a diaper with a poop pocket, which I tried on
her and it worked. It worked to a point where
it did hold the poop and it kept it down.
And then when I decided to add attachable pants, it's
because let's do it an all one combo. Let's add
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pants to it so I can just grab it, give
it to the daycare work or tell them here's an
extra change of close and worry about the diaper. It's
already inside. She she just puts it on on my child.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Okay, let me jump in. Let me jump in, because
I've seen your product and I understood the concept, but
I'm loving this. So you're you're saying, you know, every
parent out there has had to change a not so
friendly diaper, right, we can all agree. So on the
second version that you're showing us, so it's the actual
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like those little stretchy pants that every child wears, You've
attached the diaper inside of that. So when there is
an explosion blowout like we like to call it, that
comes outside of the diaper up the back, down the legs,
you know, down to the knees. Right, we've all been there.
We've all been there as as parents. So now you're
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just discarding, you're taking the whole diaper pants off completely,
you know, cleaning up obviously. But that's all kind of
rolled together, is that right? Now? Does that diaper on
the inside, is that a disposable detached, and then you
attach what's washed and cleaned. You attached the new diaper.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Yes, so if the pants, if the pants are not soiled,
you can definitely attach another diaper. You're good to go. Sure,
and it shows you wraps around, you have belcros, It
guides you along the way, and if it's soiled, you
can always rew wash the pants and use them again.
So it's one stop shop. And this is this is
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my invention.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
It's so smart, dear, it's Denise, It's really smart. Okay.
So you came up with this idea, like many inventors
many years ago, it kind of sticks in the head
and then you, you know, life goes on. You don't
know what to do, where to go with it. So
what was your next steps after that you had this
great idea. Obviously your baby is still at the time
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in infant stage, so that stayed with you. Were you
developing your product during that time or was that something
that you just kind of put aside and came back
to you later.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Let's say that I did a little bit of both.
I mean I was as a mom, a first time mom,
trying to work full time, manage daycare full time, and
unfortunately going through some challenges with work and marriage. It
would just happen to be on the wayside until I
could get some balance. And then when I finally got
back on board. It was just a gradual push here,
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push there. Just getting the just understanding the whole patent
process by myself and trying to find proper channels. That
alone was its own challenge. But I managed to find
it along the way, let's say, by the guidance of providence.
It just I found found the right person.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
We talked about this a lot in these interviews that
we do, and I think we always like to drive
home how long inventing takes, right, because it is not
an overnight success, even though sometimes it feels like it
can be, right when you see these products hit the
market and all of a sudden there's just millions of
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units sold and we're like, oh my god, but there's
always that backstory of from idea to concept to a
little bit of research. Especially independent small inventors like ourselves,
we don't know where to go, we don't know who
to talk to, we don't know the channels that are
available to us. Right. So I think that always we
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like to drive that point home that this is a
long process and it doesn't mean there's not success along
the way, right, or the little serendipities that connect us
to the next level, or now this is going to happen.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yes, And I totally agree with you. This has been
a process going on since for eight years, as long
as my daughter has been on this earth. That's how
long it's been. And it's just sometimes you're going to
have to take those leaps of faith and figure it
out out. And you know, what I've learned along the
journey was that sometimes I can control to a certain
(09:05):
point where I when I say, okay, I give up,
not giving up like the whole product, but give up
the control of I can't push things that I don't
know until I actually understand the next steps. And when
I do that, things come, things happen, things open, I
need people, and I start to gradually move towards that path.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Man. That is really great advice. That is such a
great reminder, especially as we I know we're recording this episode,
but as we're moving into the new year. I think
that's really solid advice as a reminder that, you know,
a lot of inventors get so locked into their product
it's my baby. They want control over every step, and
(09:50):
you know, in this industry space, we have to learn
that there's big players in this space, and we have
to learn from others, right, yes, yeah, But I also
I read in your you know, in our questions earlier,
that you know, you put a lot of faith into
this and you were told no a couple of times,
and so that's obviously some challenges that inventors face that
(10:13):
how many no's are we going to take? And you
just kind of mentioned that, like you'll decide when it's
time to kind of walk away from something, and I,
as an inventor, have done that a couple of times.
I haven't shut anything down, but maybe I walk away
from it for a second, you know, just to kind
of refocus, rethink. So tell us about you know, some
of those challenges.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Well, right now, my biggest challenge, it's just you're going
to get a know. I remember when I first got
my patent approved in Sinco the Mile two. I was
excited and I started to say, okay, let's roll and
let's start calling people, let's start door knocking. And I did.
I started sending letters out and I started calling companies.
(10:55):
I started trying to get into doctoring, gamble kimberly and
trying to see, okay, will somebody wiggle, will somebody open
a door for me? And to this day, no one
has returned my phone calls, nobody has sent me a letter.
I had one letter from a person I met, Joymangano,
from her company, and I believe it's Indigenous Designs. But
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I sent the letter back saying they're not ready for
a product like mine. I didn't have any product to give,
just a copy of a picture of a prototype. But
you're going to counter that. And let me just also
say this, and from meeting Brian, because I did have
a one on one conversation with him, he told me
in the very beginning, the product that you invent is
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not necessarily going to be the product that's going to
go out there. It might be the second or third
or fourth idea. And the funny thing is that there
is a part of the product that needs to be manufactured.
Unfortunately I don't have that, and there's a no for now.
But I have to reinvent the idea a couple of
time time to actually start selling product so I can
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circle back to the where I want to be. So, yeah,
you're going to come across nose and sometimes you're going
to have to reinvent. You're going to have to keep
you know, I can't get this going, but let me
just make it so that parents can understand. And I
still have something to offer. So it's like you got
to make You have to keep inventing and making redesigns
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to get back to your original design. I think, you know,
if you have the money and if you have the
funding to actually you know, produce it, you know, hey,
great for you, But for me it's a little okay.
But I do get the nose and I still.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Go, yeah, get the nose and still go. You know,
I won't even put that on an invention T shirt.
Get the nose and still go because here it is,
you know, and I love the pivot, right. You have
to pivot. You have to be to pivot your direction,
your product, your modifications, whatever it is. And again that
goes back to the longevity. It takes a long time,
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but you know, the commitment to stay with something when
you believe in your you know, you have to be
your own advocate. And I think that you know, sometimes,
like Brian said, sometimes their market ready. Sometimes this would
be your creative juice and all of a sudden, you're
going to come up with something else next year that
takes off. You circle back around and you come back
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to packet pants. I mean, we don't know. The point is,
we're creative, We're out there, we're using the ability that
the universe has given you to be this creative and
come up with new product spins. I mean, let's face it,
the diaper's spin around forever. Why can't it have a
new design, a new function? And that is a problem
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that you're solving. So you know, listen, I'm an independent
inventor just like you, and I love your product and
I think it's going to be picked up. Now that's
my next question. Are you really focused on licensing or
are you leaning more towards manufacturing and producing yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Right now, I'm focused on licensing. I'm focused on You
know what I've done, Sam, is that because I wanted
to get the exposure and I wanted to be ready
for that person that really wants to run with it.
With the run with it is to get all my
ducks in a row, get my website up, do my
social media, and I do it step by step, but
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the whole goal is to let that person know that, Hey,
I'm the joke. I'm a single I'm a single mom.
I've done everything myself. I work a full time job.
I take care of my daughter and I it's the state.
But yet I'm finding and now we're here and how
we're there. Let me just update my website, let me
do a social media even if it's just scanning inventory.
And now I'm pushing myself to go out to like
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vendor venues at the farmer's market, my local church and
hopefully in the city that I'm looking towards doing in February,
these small little vendor events so I can put out
my product and it's it's not it's closely to the original,
but I do have a product that helps solve for
those emergency emergencies situations. But yeah, that's my goal is
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to have someone you know, come in and say, hey,
let me let me work this way. You see that
you've done all the groundwork. You're serious, and that's what
that's what I wanted.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, listen, I'm almost getting emotional over here. And that's
not hard to do for me, okay, because I'm passionate
about inventing as well. So what I'm really feeling, I'm
really the messages that I'm receiving from you today is
even doing these little bits, you know, an hour on
social media, right, you know, an hour with a conversation
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with a girlfriend. Hey, what do you think? Da da da? Right, So,
these are all these little mini steps that I think
are keep you driven from within and it's going to
lead to that serendipities because if you're not putting in
the even the baby steps along the way in addition
to being a mom and working full time and all
(15:55):
your other daily life things that we all have to experience. Right. So,
so I think you're giving a really nice message today
as we roll into twenty twenty five, as you continuously
work on your product, continuously modify, continuously pivot while needed,
but most importantly, like you just said, you're going to
do some market things or you're reaching out to this person,
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maybe redo your sales sheet. You know, we talk about
that a lot on this platform, you know, freshen it
up a little bit, put a different spin on it. Yeah.
So I'm so proud of you because I know what
it takes, man. It takes a lot of patience and
self discovery along the way. And you've grown in the
last eight years as a human, as a woman, as
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an inventor, right, yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Learned a lot along the way. Learned. I learned to
embrace my challenges. I learn that you fear is actually
waiting for you to conquer it, and it's just you're
going to come across things that are going to make
you stop, and you have a choice. You either take it,
embrace it, learn from it, or you start over and
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you figure it out again. You know, it's it hasn't
been easy, but I find to join it along the
way as I create and I know what I want.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
You know, we love this so much, and you're reminding
us too. I have a great you know, I don't
know where it came up from. I didn't coin it,
but you know we're calling it, you know, fail fast,
just fail fast, so and take that failure as as
a good sign, like, you know, come on, get you know.
I remember when my early early days of trying to
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come up with product ideas and shut down right away.
I was like wounded. But now I'm like cool, you know,
make room for the other creative ideas that I have,
whether it existing products or new ideas, but for me,
like you had mentioned earlier, joining this community. I've been
with Brian for quite some time now, and oh my gosh,
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from those early days too now, and I'm still learning
from our community members, all the guest speakers that we
have on our platform. Man, I mean you this, this,
These resources are are just valuable to to local and
independent inventors. So I'm so happy that you're part of
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this group. Any other advice that you would like to
share with our members or anything that's just really kind
of poignant for you standing.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Out my things. I've heard this constantly is that every
know or every rejection you have is just a detour
to a better path, and just keep the faith. It's me.
I've done this for so long and people I can't.
I've heard so much that you have to be in
the hustle. When you get the idea, run with think
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and you know what, if you have the capability wrong
with it. But with me, I have to do minds
in doses. So I feel that the way I'm doing
it works for me, So do it in a way
that it works for you, you know. And that's my advice
for today, you know.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And I think you've given us so much again to
think about and to remind ourselves personally and professionally that
things take time. I'm going to ask them. Have you
ever considered writing to an editor of a parent magazine
or Mother's Day or anything like that, just as an
independent inventor to submit your story to an editor at
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one of those magazines. Do you like your personal story?
I mean talk about thinking outside the box anyway. That's
my thought for you today because I you know, you're
inspiring me because I just love this attitude that you have.
I love this vibe that you're giving us today that Hey,
this is a long process. It takes a long time.
I've pivoted, I've challenged, I'm still here. I love your product.
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I think it's smart, you know, and I can't wait
to be around when you let our community know, Hey, guys,
I just got picked up by Procter and Gamble Pampers.
I mean, shout out to whichever whichever ones those are,
you know, loves. Maybe there's a new diaper company that's
being created that we don't know anything about, right and
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that comes about I mean, but I'm a serendipitous thinker myself,
I really am, Denise. I believe there's bridges of incidences
that keep us going to the next and to the next.
So for your messaging today, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Thank you Sam, this was great. Thank you for giving
me the opportunity to speak to everyone. And I'm so
happy to be part of this community, you.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Know, and it's great. I love it. We have so
much fun.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
You know.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Again, if you're just tuning in, you're hanging out with us.
We're Inventor Smart community. It's part of the National Inventor Club.
We have thousands of members. Uh, there's a free membership
to join, obviously, we want everybody in. If you can
swing ten bucks a month, become a premium member ninety
nine bucks for the year. I mean this, make an
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investment in yourself into our network of community. Brian has
worked tiredlessly, Andy, myself and Sean. We all do this
just to bring this content and resources to everyone, and
we're learning ourselves along the way as well. But for
this time, you are on episode fourteen and you are
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in our Inventor Spotlight in our community, and thank you.
Really I'm inspired by you today, I really am. I
can't wait as we keep updates as the year rolls out.
I'm feeling it, Denise, I feel something's burning and Confien's coming.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
It is and I've been feeling it for a while.
But thank you so much good.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
If we both feel it together, then let's announce this
in a few months and we'll talk about it more. Honestly,
you have a really cool product, and as inventors, we're
luckier in the year, you know, twenty twenty four, twenty five,
there are more resources and more outlets for us to
be seen and heard than there were, you know, speaking
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of Joy right in the seventies or whenever that was
all coming about. And I got rejected by her as well.
So that didn't stop me either. I'm going to keep
sending her stuff because I do think she's a really
inspirational story as well.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Right, I met her, But I met Joy in person
with my daughter. She was only two at the time.
I have pictures and Joy told me I spoke to
about it even before I did the pan prist. She's like,
just wrong with it. I just feel it, just keep moving.
But she's such a humble soul.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh my god. If I would have met her in
person and she said that to me, I would have
done the same same thing. So when you said earlier
that you know she didn't accept your product of everything,
and I go, yes, she didn't take mine either, But
I don't care. I love her and I will submit
to her again. You have to tell me no a
lot before, I really, before it really sticks.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right, Yes, definitely, y, exactly all right, my dear.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Well, thank you for spending your time with us today
and being a part of this community. And I'm glad
that we're building friendships and relationships and all of it
that is so encompassing for the Inventor Smart community.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yes, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
You're welcome. We'll see you next time.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Okay, take care, thank you, thank you.
Okay, so welcome to episode fourteen of Inventor Spotlight with
the lovely Denise Ramos. We'll get to all that in
just a moment. So if your first time you're on here,
this is the Inventor Smart Community, brought to you by
the National Inventor Club and of course Inventor Smart, which
is an app that you can find and download. If
(00:44):
you're an inventor and you're looking for a community for help, guidance, advice,
just to be in together, please find us on anywhere
that you download your apps, Google Play or the Apple
Store and Inventor Smart Community. So this is, like I said,
episode thirteen of our community, Inventor Spotlight. So we'll take
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some of our ventors that are our premium members in
our community and we interview them, we highlight them, we
talk about just a casual conversation of how your invention
came to be, what inspired you, kind of where you're at,
what your journey is. And today I'm just thrilled to
have Denise with us.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Welcome Denise, thank you so much. Samantha, happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Happy to be here too. So we met recently in
person at the National Inventor Club's Inventor Day twenty twenty four, Alexandria, Virginia.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yes, oh man, that was a great thing.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It was really cool. Yes, and I think I can't
remember how many were in attendance, but a lot of us.
Was the first time that we were to meet in person.
Of course, we do a lot of online events, So
just really quick, how did you feel about being together
as a group for your first time with us?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
It was great. I met a lot of interesting people,
people who are in the process just like myself. I'm
trying hitting the floor, running, trying to get product out
and just making connections along the way. And like myself,
I went there because I wanted to join a community.
I wanted to get out of the box and expand,
and the only way to do that is actually to
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connect with other people of the like minded people who
are going through the process and give you advice.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Exactly. It's the same process. And I love how you're
mentioning and I will as well as a reminder, you know,
we're all at different stages. Some people are serial inventors,
like Brian has multiple patents and multiple products on the market,
so obviously he's been a great coach and a mentor
to all of us and developing this app. It's the
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first of its kind and it's really growing exponentially and
just again like minded inventors like yourself. So I'm so
glad that you found us and that you're part of
our community and part of this team. So tell us
about your invention, give us the name, and just go
ahead and give us a quick product description and how
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you came up with this idea. I love it, by
the way.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Thank you so much. My invention is called packet pants
and packet pants. The whole object was to have a
pair of extra pants attachable pants onto a diaper, so
that when you're when the parent is either at daycare
or they're at the park, only thing they have to
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do is just pick up a pair of these packet
pants diapers and the diaper is already embedded into the
pants while they're by belchrome and pretty much it solves
a solution, but also the diaper itself. Let me show
you the other prototype. The diaper itself is a diaper
that has a built in poop pocket. Now, as you
(03:56):
can see, you have your standard diaper here and in
the back panel of the diaper where the baby sits.
There is a pocket that I sew in to hold
down number two. Now, how this came to be was
me first time mom mane what eight years ago when
my daughter had her poop explosions. Someone gave her Darien daycare,
(04:19):
took her home, and all of a sudden, I just
put my hands down her back and my hands was
full of poop. And it happened a few times, and
I figured, Okay, there had to be something that could
help remedy this issue. So it just stayed in my mind.
Another issue was when she had her first diaper rash,
which ended up with the UTI and I spent the
week at the hospital and I'm like, okay, well, let
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me figure out what I could do to modify a diaper.
And this is when the first idea came was creating
a diaper with a poop pocket, which I tried on
her and it worked. It worked to a point where
it did hold the poop and it kept it down.
And then when I decided to add attachable pants, it's
because let's do it an all one combo. Let's add
(05:01):
pants to it so I can just grab it, give
it to the daycare work or tell them here's an
extra change of close and worry about the diaper. It's
already inside. She she just puts it on on my child.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Okay, let me jump in. Let me jump in, because
I've seen your product and I understood the concept, but
I'm loving this. So you're you're saying, you know, every
parent out there has had to change a not so
friendly diaper, right, we can all agree. So on the
second version that you're showing us, so it's the actual
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like those little stretchy pants that every child wears, You've
attached the diaper inside of that. So when there is
an explosion blowout like we like to call it, that
comes outside of the diaper up the back, down the legs,
you know, down to the knees. Right, we've all been there.
We've all been there as as parents. So now you're
(05:54):
just discarding, you're taking the whole diaper pants off completely,
you know, cleaning up obviously. But that's all kind of
rolled together, is that right? Now? Does that diaper on
the inside, is that a disposable detached, and then you
attach what's washed and cleaned. You attached the new diaper.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Yes, so if the pants, if the pants are not soiled,
you can definitely attach another diaper. You're good to go. Sure,
and it shows you wraps around, you have belcros, It
guides you along the way, and if it's soiled, you
can always rew wash the pants and use them again.
So it's one stop shop. And this is this is
(06:34):
my invention.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
It's so smart, dear, it's Denise, It's really smart. Okay.
So you came up with this idea, like many inventors
many years ago, it kind of sticks in the head
and then you, you know, life goes on. You don't
know what to do, where to go with it. So
what was your next steps after that you had this
great idea. Obviously your baby is still at the time
(06:57):
in infant stage, so that stayed with you. Were you
developing your product during that time or was that something
that you just kind of put aside and came back
to you later.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Let's say that I did a little bit of both.
I mean I was as a mom, a first time mom,
trying to work full time, manage daycare full time, and
unfortunately going through some challenges with work and marriage. It
would just happen to be on the wayside until I
could get some balance. And then when I finally got
back on board. It was just a gradual push here,
(07:29):
push there. Just getting the just understanding the whole patent
process by myself and trying to find proper channels. That
alone was its own challenge. But I managed to find
it along the way, let's say, by the guidance of providence.
It just I found found the right person.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
We talked about this a lot in these interviews that
we do, and I think we always like to drive
home how long inventing takes, right, because it is not
an overnight success, even though sometimes it feels like it
can be, right when you see these products hit the
market and all of a sudden there's just millions of
(08:10):
units sold and we're like, oh my god, but there's
always that backstory of from idea to concept to a
little bit of research. Especially independent small inventors like ourselves,
we don't know where to go, we don't know who
to talk to, we don't know the channels that are
available to us. Right. So I think that always we
(08:30):
like to drive that point home that this is a
long process and it doesn't mean there's not success along
the way, right, or the little serendipities that connect us
to the next level, or now this is going to happen.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yes, And I totally agree with you. This has been
a process going on since for eight years, as long
as my daughter has been on this earth. That's how
long it's been. And it's just sometimes you're going to
have to take those leaps of faith and figure it
out out. And you know, what I've learned along the
journey was that sometimes I can control to a certain
(09:05):
point where I when I say, okay, I give up,
not giving up like the whole product, but give up
the control of I can't push things that I don't
know until I actually understand the next steps. And when
I do that, things come, things happen, things open, I
need people, and I start to gradually move towards that path.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Man. That is really great advice. That is such a
great reminder, especially as we I know we're recording this episode,
but as we're moving into the new year. I think
that's really solid advice as a reminder that, you know,
a lot of inventors get so locked into their product
it's my baby. They want control over every step, and
(09:50):
you know, in this industry space, we have to learn
that there's big players in this space, and we have
to learn from others, right, yes, yeah, But I also
I read in your you know, in our questions earlier,
that you know, you put a lot of faith into
this and you were told no a couple of times,
and so that's obviously some challenges that inventors face that
(10:13):
how many no's are we going to take? And you
just kind of mentioned that, like you'll decide when it's
time to kind of walk away from something, and I,
as an inventor, have done that a couple of times.
I haven't shut anything down, but maybe I walk away
from it for a second, you know, just to kind
of refocus, rethink. So tell us about you know, some
of those challenges.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Well, right now, my biggest challenge, it's just you're going
to get a know. I remember when I first got
my patent approved in Sinco the Mile two. I was
excited and I started to say, okay, let's roll and
let's start calling people, let's start door knocking. And I did.
I started sending letters out and I started calling companies.
(10:55):
I started trying to get into doctoring, gamble kimberly and
trying to see, okay, will somebody wiggle, will somebody open
a door for me? And to this day, no one
has returned my phone calls, nobody has sent me a letter.
I had one letter from a person I met, Joymangano,
from her company, and I believe it's Indigenous Designs. But
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I sent the letter back saying they're not ready for
a product like mine. I didn't have any product to give,
just a copy of a picture of a prototype. But
you're going to counter that. And let me just also
say this, and from meeting Brian, because I did have
a one on one conversation with him, he told me
in the very beginning, the product that you invent is
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not necessarily going to be the product that's going to
go out there. It might be the second or third
or fourth idea. And the funny thing is that there
is a part of the product that needs to be manufactured.
Unfortunately I don't have that, and there's a no for now.
But I have to reinvent the idea a couple of
time time to actually start selling product so I can
(12:02):
circle back to the where I want to be. So, yeah,
you're going to come across nose and sometimes you're going
to have to reinvent. You're going to have to keep
you know, I can't get this going, but let me
just make it so that parents can understand. And I
still have something to offer. So it's like you got
to make You have to keep inventing and making redesigns
(12:24):
to get back to your original design. I think, you know,
if you have the money and if you have the
funding to actually you know, produce it, you know, hey,
great for you, But for me it's a little okay.
But I do get the nose and I still.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Go, yeah, get the nose and still go. You know,
I won't even put that on an invention T shirt.
Get the nose and still go because here it is,
you know, and I love the pivot, right. You have
to pivot. You have to be to pivot your direction,
your product, your modifications, whatever it is. And again that
goes back to the longevity. It takes a long time,
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but you know, the commitment to stay with something when
you believe in your you know, you have to be
your own advocate. And I think that you know, sometimes,
like Brian said, sometimes their market ready. Sometimes this would
be your creative juice and all of a sudden, you're
going to come up with something else next year that
takes off. You circle back around and you come back
(13:17):
to packet pants. I mean, we don't know. The point is,
we're creative, We're out there, we're using the ability that
the universe has given you to be this creative and
come up with new product spins. I mean, let's face it,
the diaper's spin around forever. Why can't it have a
new design, a new function? And that is a problem
(13:39):
that you're solving. So you know, listen, I'm an independent
inventor just like you, and I love your product and
I think it's going to be picked up. Now that's
my next question. Are you really focused on licensing or
are you leaning more towards manufacturing and producing yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Right now, I'm focused on licensing. I'm focused on You
know what I've done, Sam, is that because I wanted
to get the exposure and I wanted to be ready
for that person that really wants to run with it.
With the run with it is to get all my
ducks in a row, get my website up, do my
social media, and I do it step by step, but
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the whole goal is to let that person know that, Hey,
I'm the joke. I'm a single I'm a single mom.
I've done everything myself. I work a full time job.
I take care of my daughter and I it's the state.
But yet I'm finding and now we're here and how
we're there. Let me just update my website, let me
do a social media even if it's just scanning inventory.
And now I'm pushing myself to go out to like
(14:41):
vendor venues at the farmer's market, my local church and
hopefully in the city that I'm looking towards doing in February,
these small little vendor events so I can put out
my product and it's it's not it's closely to the original,
but I do have a product that helps solve for
those emergency emergencies situations. But yeah, that's my goal is
(15:02):
to have someone you know, come in and say, hey,
let me let me work this way. You see that
you've done all the groundwork. You're serious, and that's what
that's what I wanted.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, listen, I'm almost getting emotional over here. And that's
not hard to do for me, okay, because I'm passionate
about inventing as well. So what I'm really feeling, I'm
really the messages that I'm receiving from you today is
even doing these little bits, you know, an hour on
social media, right, you know, an hour with a conversation
(15:34):
with a girlfriend. Hey, what do you think? Da da da? Right, So,
these are all these little mini steps that I think
are keep you driven from within and it's going to
lead to that serendipities because if you're not putting in
the even the baby steps along the way in addition
to being a mom and working full time and all
(15:55):
your other daily life things that we all have to experience. Right. So,
so I think you're giving a really nice message today
as we roll into twenty twenty five, as you continuously
work on your product, continuously modify, continuously pivot while needed,
but most importantly, like you just said, you're going to
do some market things or you're reaching out to this person,
(16:18):
maybe redo your sales sheet. You know, we talk about
that a lot on this platform, you know, freshen it
up a little bit, put a different spin on it. Yeah.
So I'm so proud of you because I know what
it takes, man. It takes a lot of patience and
self discovery along the way. And you've grown in the
last eight years as a human, as a woman, as
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an inventor, right, yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Learned a lot along the way. Learned. I learned to
embrace my challenges. I learn that you fear is actually
waiting for you to conquer it, and it's just you're
going to come across things that are going to make
you stop, and you have a choice. You either take it,
embrace it, learn from it, or you start over and
(17:05):
you figure it out again. You know, it's it hasn't
been easy, but I find to join it along the
way as I create and I know what I want.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
You know, we love this so much, and you're reminding
us too. I have a great you know, I don't
know where it came up from. I didn't coin it,
but you know we're calling it, you know, fail fast,
just fail fast, so and take that failure as as
a good sign, like, you know, come on, get you know.
I remember when my early early days of trying to
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come up with product ideas and shut down right away.
I was like wounded. But now I'm like cool, you know,
make room for the other creative ideas that I have,
whether it existing products or new ideas, but for me,
like you had mentioned earlier, joining this community. I've been
with Brian for quite some time now, and oh my gosh,
(17:59):
from those early days too now, and I'm still learning
from our community members, all the guest speakers that we
have on our platform. Man, I mean you this, this,
These resources are are just valuable to to local and
independent inventors. So I'm so happy that you're part of
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this group. Any other advice that you would like to
share with our members or anything that's just really kind
of poignant for you standing.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Out my things. I've heard this constantly is that every
know or every rejection you have is just a detour
to a better path, and just keep the faith. It's me.
I've done this for so long and people I can't.
I've heard so much that you have to be in
the hustle. When you get the idea, run with think
(18:53):
and you know what, if you have the capability wrong
with it. But with me, I have to do minds
in doses. So I feel that the way I'm doing
it works for me, So do it in a way
that it works for you, you know. And that's my advice
for today, you know.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And I think you've given us so much again to
think about and to remind ourselves personally and professionally that
things take time. I'm going to ask them. Have you
ever considered writing to an editor of a parent magazine
or Mother's Day or anything like that, just as an
independent inventor to submit your story to an editor at
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one of those magazines. Do you like your personal story?
I mean talk about thinking outside the box anyway. That's
my thought for you today because I you know, you're
inspiring me because I just love this attitude that you have.
I love this vibe that you're giving us today that Hey,
this is a long process. It takes a long time.
I've pivoted, I've challenged, I'm still here. I love your product.
(19:56):
I think it's smart, you know, and I can't wait
to be around when you let our community know, Hey, guys,
I just got picked up by Procter and Gamble Pampers.
I mean, shout out to whichever whichever ones those are,
you know, loves. Maybe there's a new diaper company that's
being created that we don't know anything about, right and
(20:19):
that comes about I mean, but I'm a serendipitous thinker myself,
I really am, Denise. I believe there's bridges of incidences
that keep us going to the next and to the next.
So for your messaging today, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Thank you Sam, this was great. Thank you for giving
me the opportunity to speak to everyone. And I'm so
happy to be part of this community, you.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Know, and it's great. I love it. We have so
much fun.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
You know.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Again, if you're just tuning in, you're hanging out with us.
We're Inventor Smart community. It's part of the National Inventor Club.
We have thousands of members. Uh, there's a free membership
to join, obviously, we want everybody in. If you can
swing ten bucks a month, become a premium member ninety
nine bucks for the year. I mean this, make an
(21:07):
investment in yourself into our network of community. Brian has
worked tiredlessly, Andy, myself and Sean. We all do this
just to bring this content and resources to everyone, and
we're learning ourselves along the way as well. But for
this time, you are on episode fourteen and you are
(21:29):
in our Inventor Spotlight in our community, and thank you.
Really I'm inspired by you today, I really am. I
can't wait as we keep updates as the year rolls out.
I'm feeling it, Denise, I feel something's burning and Confien's coming.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
It is and I've been feeling it for a while.
But thank you so much good.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
If we both feel it together, then let's announce this
in a few months and we'll talk about it more. Honestly,
you have a really cool product, and as inventors, we're
luckier in the year, you know, twenty twenty four, twenty five,
there are more resources and more outlets for us to
be seen and heard than there were, you know, speaking
(22:09):
of Joy right in the seventies or whenever that was
all coming about. And I got rejected by her as well.
So that didn't stop me either. I'm going to keep
sending her stuff because I do think she's a really
inspirational story as well.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Right, I met her, But I met Joy in person
with my daughter. She was only two at the time.
I have pictures and Joy told me I spoke to
about it even before I did the pan prist. She's like,
just wrong with it. I just feel it, just keep moving.
But she's such a humble soul.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh my god. If I would have met her in
person and she said that to me, I would have
done the same same thing. So when you said earlier
that you know she didn't accept your product of everything,
and I go, yes, she didn't take mine either, But
I don't care. I love her and I will submit
to her again. You have to tell me no a
lot before, I really, before it really sticks.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right, Yes, definitely, y, exactly all right, my dear.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Well, thank you for spending your time with us today
and being a part of this community. And I'm glad
that we're building friendships and relationships and all of it
that is so encompassing for the Inventor Smart community.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yes, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
You're welcome. We'll see you next time.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Okay, take care, thank you, thank you.
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