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Both her child and father inspired her to create this invention.
“The idea behind SafeSip came to me after having my second child. He was a bit clumsy and regularly spilled his drink and I wanted to find something that could save my carpets, furniture and sanity from the regular clean up. My dad was taken into hospital and had to lay at a certain angle. He was given mugs with straws in but without covers this led to a few spills in the hospital bed! Another of my relatives was struck with a muscle wasting illness and I was shocked by the offerings available to adults, in situations where they cannot hold cups/mugs steady – most of them seemed to me little more than the sippy cups used by toddlers”, she explained.
This drinking aid led Melissa the following awards:
2013 –Silver Innovator Prize at the Bi-annual European Women Inventor and Innovators Network
2014 – SafeSip won the Platinum Award for British Invention (consumer category)
2014 - British Female Inventor of the Year 2014.
Adapted from: http://www.safe-sip.com/pages/about-us
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