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You wouldn’t have thought they would have time to invent, develop and market a new product, but W. Spilman Short Jr. and Jody Sidle Short are doing just that.

The husband-and-wife team recently introduced the Rain Forest Shower System to the world.

It’s a dual-head shower system that spans a shower stall, designed to connect with standard shower plumbing. Installation can be handled in 30 minutes by someone with moderate do-it-yourself skills and tools.

The Shorts keep a busy schedule. Spilman, a lifelong Richmond-area resident, is founder and managing member of a real estate investment firm. Jody, who grew up in England, is a voice-over actress and does on-camera work as host of a travel program promoting U.S. tourism. In 2012, she published a children’s book, “The Adventures of Sam and Penny.”

The idea for the patent-pending shower system came in one of those isn’t-there-a-better-way moments at the Shorts’ western Henrico County home.

“We were just in a rush to get ready to go somewhere,” he said, “and I thought there ought to be a better way to use the space in a shower.”

He came up with a design for a two-shower-head system that doesn’t require tearing out shower walls and re-configuring the plumbing.