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Sudbury inventor lands Home Hardware contract

Sudbury inventor Ryan McIlvenna recently got the go-ahead from Home Hardware to ramp up production on his invention, the Plug Safe. The Plug Safe is a safety cover for electrical outlets to prevent young children from being injured or killed.

Sudbury inventor Ryan McIlvenna recently got the go-ahead from Home

Hardware to ramp up production on his invention, the Plug Safe.

The Plug Safe is a safety cover for electrical outlets to prevent young

children from being injured or killed. It was a concept he had come up with

several years ago, but its importance was brought home about a year ago

when he managed to prevent a child from hurting himself on a household

outlet.

With the assistance of the Sudbury Regional Business Centre and a local

product development company, McIlvenna's product was developed and

presented at the National Trade Show in Toronto. It was picked up by Home

Hardware who has ordered about 50,000 units to test market.

McIlvenna says only about two per cent of new inventions ever make it to

the marketplace.