SEATTLE - They're inventions that have come over coffee with friends, from conversations with their kids and out of sheer neccessity when in the throes of life as a do-it-all mom. All too often, though, the practical products thought up by every day women go unnoticed, even if they do make it to market. Now, an Edmonds entrepreneur is launching a Web site to create an outlet for those very products. Womentorz.com is a fast growing marketplace exclusively for female inventors. Products include everything from iPhone apps like "Little Lala's ABC's" that keeps kids busy while helping them learn to read, to "Bed Voyage" -- super soft, anti-microbial, organic sheets made from bamboo. Womentorz.com founder Melinda Knight, of Edmonds, says the ideas are the "babies" of working women, stay at home moms and women who just have great ideas that they hope to sell. The female-centric products are sold on the site, with a small percentage of the profits going to Womentorz. Knight came up with the concept after not being chosen for a spot on a new Kelly Ripa show spotlighting female inventors. "I met so many great women there with great ideas that I thought there must be a way to make these dreams happen," she says. Womentorz.com officially launches November 1, but interested women can pitch their products to Knight via the Web site's blog right now.
