Industry: Inventor/Entrepreneur

Product: The Amazing Siding Cinch™

The Challenge: Armed with just a few pencil sketches, some hand-carved vinyl mockups and a vision, Virginia inventor Randy Shroyer contacted ART. Shroyer, who had no experience with patent models, needed our help to develop both a design and a prototype. His vision was a small piece of plastic hardware that enabled homeowners to hang wreaths, signs and other objects on vinyl siding, without using tape, nails or screws.

The ART Solution: Working closely with the novice inventor, ART designed the product and accessories. Three-dimensional CAD models were created, from which we constructed Shroyer’

s prototype. Called “the Amazing Siding Cinch™,” the product snaps cleanly into the j-hook on a home’s vinyl siding.

The Results: Shroyer used our prototypes during presentations to investors to raise funds for Siding Cinch production tooling. Now in production, the Siding Cinch™ has been featured on QVC and is gaining attention from major retailers. With the success of his first design, Shroyer has expanded the product line to include several additional accessories—all designed and prototyped by ART.