Rags to Riches the Woman Behind Huggable Hangers

From the self-wringing Miracle Mop to the space-saving Huggable Hanger, Joy Mangano has become a very successful entrepreneur by creating home help products that have sold by the millions. She finds solutions to problems that others cannot seem to solve, taking a common problem, like bending over to wring out a mop many times while cleaning, and finds a solution: a mop that can be wrung out without bending down or getting your hands wet.

It is this type of innovation that has brought her success, but this entrepreneur didn't start out as successful. Joy was an average person, a full-time mother and housewife that pursued many careers, looking for the one that she was meant for. It was only after holding a variety of jobs that she developed a prototype of the mop that would start her entrepreneurial career, and she hasn't slowed down in the slightest.

She has since invented many other household products, each with a purpose of saving time, space, and money for the common individual, such as her Drop Bags, a collection of multifunctional designer handbags that come with several ways to adjust them, even allowing them to double as an evening bag or overnight case.

Some of her other inventions include:

• A storage kit that unrolls when needed to be used
• A Jewelry storage roll with a built-in cosmetic mirror
• Bakery good storage containers that fold up when not in use; and more recently Joy Mangano Huggable Hangers

Space Saving Hangers Invention

Joy Mangano Hangers could very well be Joy's most important invention, with sales in the millions. These space-saving hangers are covered in fabric so they hold any item of clothing without it slipping off, and they are tearing through the common hanger industry. They allow you to hold multiple items of clothing on one hanger, and with clips, attach multiple hangers together to give your closet even more space, and help with organization significantly. Huggable Hangers are light and come in an assortment of colors giving your closet a neat and uniform appearance.

These hangers are also very useful for use in children’s closets. Do your child’s clothes constantly fall off their hangers because the hangers are too large? Is it extremely frustrating to hang up your baby’s jacket because it is too small for the adult size hanger that you have in the closet? Kids size Huggable Hangers solve these problems. They have the same “hugging” fabric as their adult size contemporaries and this is great for kids. Children pull their clothes off the hangers instead of taking them off gently. When they do so, all the other clothes touching that hanger fall off as well. With Joy Hangers, the other clothes will stay on their hangers and your child’s closet will remain organized. An additional suggestion is to lower your child’s hanger rod to make it easier for them to retrieve and return their clothing. This will teach your child to be independent and organized on their own.

With all of these products, it is amazing just how far one can go with a simple, good idea.

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