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A 74-year-old great-grandmother from Dresden invented a new, simple product to help protect Mainers from ticks.

Jane Gore spent hours at her dining table developing and perfecting her Maine tick.

"I developed this product, and then I thought,'Man, this is really effective. It's simple. Keep it simple," Gore said.

Gore said that she thought of her product for the first time after taking her dog for a walk last summer.

"When I got home, I could feel something crawling on my legs. I looked down and saw that 50 ticks had climbed on my legs. I couldn't believe it," Gore said.

Gower used to be a nurse and he knows what diseases ticks can carry. She designed a patent-pending system consisting of fabric fasteners and very sticky double-sided tape that can be attached to a person's ankle.

"When I tried to obtain a patent, I looked up all the similar things and they all wanted you to put DEET or other things on it. These were useless," Gore said.

Gower says that her Mainejane's Tick Tacklers are not to repel ticks, but to stop them from moving forward.

"Every tick we get means that the number will be much less next year," Gore said.

If a tick climbs on the leg of a person wearing a Maine tick, it will get stuck.

"The beauty of it is that they can't crawl. Once they are on it, they will die on it. One less tick, the next season may reduce 5,000 ticks," Gore said.

Gore is selling her tick traps in several stores near Maine.

She admitted that starting a business at the age of 74 was not in her plan. However, Gore said her motivation is to help Maine's outdoor activities become safer and let people enjoy it as much as possible.

"People need to stay outdoors, don't be afraid to stay outdoors," Gore said.

The tick trap comes with a piece of plastic to protect the tape. Gore said they are washable and can be used multiple times.

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