machines. i didn t really like fax machines or half the time understand them. but if i could come up with the idea i would excited about, i would not waste it. so you ve got the idea. you ve got, you ve done some research. now you ve got to get somebody to make the prototype. how do you do that. so after i cut the feet out of my pantihose, i went, i did two things right away. when you have an idea, the first thing i did was go to uspto.gov, the united states patent and trademark office website. i searched if there was a footless body-shaping pantihose in existence. can you search that? yes, you can. you can look for patents. i found ha there wasn t one and the other thingdy was went it a website called thomasregister.com which lists the manufacturers in the united states by product. so i typed in shapers and undergarment and i got my list of manufacturers and i started calling them on the phone. cold call. cold calling them. which i was pretty good at