A BUSY mother-of-two has come up with a revolutionary invention which could signal the end of one kitchen chore keeping the oven door clean.

Jaime O'Connor thought up the simple solution while juggling caring for five-year-old Harrison and Holly, two, and also helping to run her husband Dales business.

Now it has been taken up by two leading retailers, who have ordered thousands of the product.

The 34-year-old found it difficult to find the time to clean her oven door. When Dale, 35, who services and cleans Aga cookers, told her that most customers just wanted to know how they could keep their oven doors clean, she realised it was a universal problem.

Eighteen months ago, Jaime began experimenting with ideas in a bid to come up with the solution to every cook's cleaning nightmare.

She eventually hit on the ingenious idea of an easy-to-fit oven door shield, which is secured to the oven door using suction pads and does not obstruct the view into the oven so cooks can still see the food inside.

She first invented a shield for Aga cookers, but growing in confidence she then made another shield which can fit any type of oven.

The Shield is easy to remove and can be put in the dishwasher or rinsed with soapy water, taking only seconds to clean. Jaime estimates the eco-friendly shield will save people a fortune on expensive oven cleaners.

Now homeware retailers Lakeland and Currys have ordered thousands of the simple device which fits all types of cookers.

Said Jaime: The Oven Door Shield is a solution to a problem. I am so very proud of what I have achieved so far and would love to share our creation with the world.

I have created it from scratch and brought it to market with two children and also working full-time running my husbands Aga servicing and cleaning business, its not been easy.

There have been a lot of late nights and early mornings and I have to juggle the work with looking after the children but I want to show other mums it is possible to invent your own products and get them out there.

We first created The Aga Oven Door Shield especially for the Aga cooker, but then realised that we could extend into all households with The Premium Oven Door Shield, which suits all ovens.

Jaime has delivered the UK-made shields into Lakeland and is also working with an Australian television channel.

The shields are also available at www.ovendoorshield.co.uk.

The Aga version retails at £17.95 while the Premium Oven Door Shields cost £19.99.