Lauren Spahr

Name: Lauren Spahr

Position at Rubbermaid: Communications Manager

Time at Rubbermaid: 7 years

Organizational Expertise: I enjoy making systems to keep everything in order. 

Biggest Organizational Challenge: My desk – it is a constant ebb/flow of projects coming in & out and it is a little bit harder to keep on top of the organization at work vs. home.

Favorite Rubbermaid Product: Rubbermaid Premier – I just love the way it stacks in the fridge

Other Stuff: Interested in everything Italian – attempting to learn the language and sharpen my Italian cooking skills this year!

Comments

[filippo]

Hi Lauren,

I would like to know a PR person for Rubbermaid and possibly a contact either a phone or an e-mail.

thank you,

filippo ciampini

[Melissa]

True confessions here....I can't figure out how those "slide n' stack" baskets work from the pictures. They just look like regular baskets without lids. And even though they are called "slide AND stack" it appears that they only do one OR the other but not both. Do they slide on a track or do they slide on top of another basket? Is there a demonstration video somewhere?? I haven't found any yet. I am so confused, but waiting and wanting to be impressed! Thanks :)

[Lauren Spahr]

Hi Melissa. The Slide & Stacks are a system of baskets. You are correct that they either do one or the other. The smaller ones like I included in the blog stack on top of the sliding ones. The sliding ones include a track and needed to be affixed to your bottom cabinet with a screw. I have included a link to show you and there are a few additional images available.

http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd100108

[Matthew Staton]

With whom can I discuss a new product idea? It will revolutionize the way we use trash cans.

Best regards,

Matthew Staton, Inventor
440-622-5000

[Lauren Spahr]

Matthew,

How cool that you are an inventor! Thanks for your message and for thinking of us. We are only able to review new product ideas unless they are patented, a published patent application is pending, or the product is publicly available.

If the product meets one of the 3 above criteria, please contact karen.kaplan@newellco.com to submit with the following info for evaluation:
• description (with images) of the invention
• copy of the patent/application

[Dave Sampson]

Ms. Spahr,

My wife and I have a patent pending on a new product we think rubbermaid would be very interested in. The prototype is being created now. What steps should we take to introduce it to you? We'd like to find out if rubbermaid would be interested in producing/selling the product. Any information would be helpful.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Dave Sampson
Klamath Falls,Oregon

[lauren]

Hi Dave - please see the comment above yours for the requirements for submitting ideas. instead of emailing Karen, you can submit to the link below.
Good luck!
Lauren

http://www.rubbermaid.com/mediaCenter/aboutUS/Pages/newIdeas.aspx