'Multi-Cutter' Takes Mother of Invention Prize

We picked the finalists, you picked the winner.

ByABC News via logo
May 13, 2007, 7:42 AM

May 13, 2007 — -- After thousands of "Good Morning America Weekend" viewers cast their votes, Carol Senkalski, who invented the Multi-Cutter, won the Mothers of Invention contest.

"I'm overwhelmed," Senkalski said on Sunday morning when she was announced as the winner.

The 45-year-old stay-at-home mom from Erie, Pa., created the Multi-Cutter, a contraption that allows bakers to cut multiple cookies in dough at once.

Click here to watch her video and see the how the invention works.

Tamara Monosoff, author of "Secrets of Millionaire Moms" and "The Mom Inventors Handbook," presented Senkalski with a check for $10,000. A patent has already been filed on Senkalski's behalf. She will work with a team of engineers to develop the product as well as have her face on the packaging.

Amazon.com will launch the winning product.

Amazon.com will also give the other two finalists, Carolyn Dia, who invented the Buggy 911, and Elizabeth Wen Tortora, who created a chopping board with drawers, $1,000.