A shower curtain found another jobSourced
She tried it as material for a diaper cover
Marion Donovan experimented with materials in her attic and repurposed a lightweight shower curtain into a waterproof diaper cover. The final product used a different fabric. A household item supplied a prototype for addressing a problem in another part of daily life.
The useful property of the material traveled to a new task.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05