More Than 35 Inventors Scheduled to Pitch Their Products to Discovery Channel's Pitchmen in the InventHelp-INPEX New Product Showcase at ERA's D2C

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Sep 20, 2010, 06:00 ET

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Inventors in the InventHelp-INPEX^® New Product Showcase will have the opportunity to present their products for a chance to be on the third season of Discovery Channel's hit show Pitchmen at the 2010 ERA D2C Convention in Las Vegas, September 21-23. The inventor with the "best" invention chosen by Anthony Sullivan, star of the show, will take home a $2,000 cash prize.

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In addition to presenting their product to the Pitchmen show, each inventor will also have two minutes to pitch their products to a panel of experts in the Direct Response Television industry. The judges will pick the top inventor, crowning him or her, "Inventor of the Year."

The InventHelp-INPEX^® New Product Showcase is a part of the larger 2010 Annual Electronic Retailing Association's Conference & Exposition held at the Wynn Hotel. The 20^th Annual D2C Convention is where the industry's technology innovators, manufacturers, buyers and marketers meet to network and learn about trends in the direct-to-consumer marketplace.

"We are very excited that the inventors in the New Product Showcase will have this opportunity to present to the show, Pitchmen," said Nicole Hait, director of InventHelp's INPEX-The Invention Show. "In addition to them being able to put their product in front of experts in the DRTV industry, they are also able to gain exposure for their idea by possibly being on a future episode of Pitchmen."

The second season of the show, which follows TV's most famous infomercial pitchman, Anthony "Sully" Sullivan premiered on Thursday, August 19, on the Discovery Channel, and airs every Thursday at 9/8 Central.

InventHelp^® is America's largest inventor service company. The company attempts to submit clients' invention ideas to industry in the hope of obtaining a good faith review. For more information about InventHelp, please visit www.inventhelp.com or call 1-800-INVENTION.

InventHelp^'s INPEX^® is America's largest invention trade show. Now entering its 26th year, InventHelp's INPEX^® offers a venue where inventors can exhibit their inventions and network with companies interested in licensing, marketing or manufacturing new product ideas. For more information about the upcoming show, June 14-17, 2011, at the Monroeville Convention Center, visit www.inpex.com or call 1-888-54-INPEX.