Real men do change diapers -- from a tractor tire 

Fri Dec 1, 8:00 PM ET

 

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A U.S. handbag manufacturer is trying to make changing diapers a bit more macho -- with a baby bag made from truck and tractor tire inner tubes

Richmond, Virginia based Passchal has designed a "Dad's baby bag" made from recycled inner tubes, trimmed with hemp, and fitted with a battery operated light to help locate that soother somewhere at the bottom of the bag.

Designer Angela Greene said the inspiration for the bag came after a female client asked if she could make a baby bag for her husband to use.

"As I was designing it, I thought that the buckles, grommets, rivets gave it a Harley look," she told Reuters.

Ken Kobrick, owner of Passchal, said the "Dad's baby bag," priced at about $175, was the latest in a line of bags that his company made from used truck and tractor tire inner tubes.

The company gets old inner tubes from tire centers in Virginia and nearby states which are then put through a cleaning process that can take up to three days of soaking in an cleaning solution before being made into a bag.

December  2006