Article: Couple's invention gets a boost from QVC Pump-a-Present puts gifts inside balloons

The Pump-a-Present balloon gift wrap system, invented and marketed by the Scherr family of New Berlin, was chosen as one of the best products in the country on QVC's "Quest for America's Best 50 in 50 Tour." The tour was a yearlong search by the television shopping network for the best new products and the entrepreneurs who created them. The Pump-a-Present was invented a few years ago by Mark Scherr, a heating, ventilating and air conditioning service engineer. The Pump-a-Present allows users to wrap a gift item inside a balloon. Scherr's wife, Susan, is in charge of marketing.

The Scherrs won a plaque for the QVC honor, which ranks the Pump-a-Present as the ninth-best new ...

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