# @bimbamboopaper on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DG6HujCJF7j
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35050882-bimbamboopaper-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d6fcb7d91b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-03-07T18:28:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bim Bam Boo Toilet Paper (@bimbamboopaper) — https://gondola.cc/bimbamboopaper

## Caption

This Women’s History Month, we’re rolling out the red carpet for the incredible women who’ve paved the way for trailblazers like us! From fearless activists to brilliant entrepreneurs, their legacies inspire us daily at our tree-free TP company. We’re proud to be a woman-owned business committed to sustainability and making a difference.

Today we’re shining a spotlight on Mary Beatrice Kenner, inventor of the Toilet Tissue Holder!

Mary is most famous for inventing an adjustable sanitary belt with an inbuilt, moisture-proof napkin pocket. She completed the patent application for her invention in 1954. In 1956, the application was approved. The invention was described as an eliminator for “chafing and irritation normally caused by devices of [its] class.” However, the company that first showed interest in her invention, the Sonn-Nap-Pack Company, rejected it after they discovered that she was African American.  Kenner never made any money from the sanitary belt, because her patent expired and became public domain, allowing it to be manufactured freely.

Then with her sister Mildred she invented a new toilet paper holder! We are pretty excited about this one. The patent for the “bathroom tissue holder” reads “A holder for retaining the free or loose end of a roll of bathroom tissue or toilet paper in accessible position… thereby eliminating the problem of grasping the free end of a roll of bathroom tissue or toilet paper which occurs when the free end of the tissue or paper is positioned tightly against the remainder of the toilet paper or roll.”

No more endlessly spinning the rolls to find the loose end, pretty neat!

#marykenner #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #womeninventors #femaleinventors#bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #innovation #bimbamboo #boocrew

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bim Bam Boo Toilet Paper | @bimbamboopaper | https://gondola.cc/bimbamboopaper | Brand |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Video Director |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Content Producer |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Videographer |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Video Editor |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Copywriter |
| Tricia Towey | @towxtow | https://gondola.cc/towxtow | Social Media Specialist |

## Tags

marykenner, innovation, bathroomdesign, womenshistory, femaleinventors, boocrew, bimbamboo, bathroomremodel, womenshistorymonth, womeninventors

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