E-Z-Clip CORNER SHEETSTRAPS (and pillowhold)

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 18, 2004 -- For_Immediate_Release:

Ricky Taylors new device's designed for convenience, reliability & easy to install



Rick Taylor can tell you all about necessity being the mother of invention.

A decade ago, when he was hospitalized after being shot in the face and throat, Taylor struggled to stay comfortable in his hospital bed - largely because the pillow and sheet would not stay in place.

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E-Z-Clip CORNER SHEETSTRAPS (and pillowhold)

"It was very frustrating," the 50-year-old High Point man recalls. "If I would reach over to the nightstand or anywhere, there would go that pillow. Every time I raise the bed, there would go the sheet. I would just have to keep putting them back into place."

Unaware of any sort of device he could get to keep his pillow from sliding, Taylor invented his own mechanism - an adjustable strap that clips onto a hospital bed or chair using the E-Z CLIPS that holds the pillow in place and straps with the E-Z CLIPS. Instead of those frustrating garter buckles, just clip them on and they are guaranteed to hold

"He is so creative," says Cindy Teer, an old family friend who opened her home to Taylor last summer when he was discouraged and looking to move back to High Point from his home in Linville Falls.

Taylor, a former home-improvement contractor now on disability, says the patent on his product is a testament to what hard work and determination can accomplish, even in the face of adversity.

"People told me, 'Oh, you'll never get a patent,'" Taylor says. "I heard that a lot."

But Taylor persisted, and on Dec. 23, he received the patent notification he had been seeking for the better part of a decade.

Taylor's journey to receiving the patent began in July 1993, when he was living in Linville Falls. On a Saturday morning, a neighbor - reportedly upset that Taylor's dogs had been keeping him awake at night - shot Taylor in the face and throat. Taylor was hospitalized and nearly died. (Today, he still uses a wheelchair because he loses his balance when he walks. He also has a speech impairment and wears an eye patch to prevent double vision that resulted from being shot.)

During his hospitalization, Taylor discovered how difficult it can be to keep a pillow in place behind his head and a sheet on a hospital bed. That's how he hit on the idea of the Pillowhold, which is basically an elastic, adjustable strap that clips to the pillow and to the back rail of, say, a hospital bed. Even if the bed is adjustable, the pillow moves with the patient as the bed is elevated or lowered, Taylor points out.

The Sheetstrap stretches to both sides of the mattress and keeps the sheet fitted to the bed. We also sell Corner E-Z Clip Sheetstraps that attach EASILY onto every corner to ensure the sheet stays on. They are so quick and easy to install that anyone can use them.

"Their also good for people in nursing homes," he says. "A lot of elderly people have arthritis, so they would have a lot of trouble fixing their pillow or keeping the sheet in place when they raise the bed."

The Pillowholds,E-Z Clip Sheetstraps and E-Z Clip Corner Sheetstraps are manufactured in High Point, and Taylor says he has sold more than 1,000 of them through his Web site, www.pillowhold.com. He has sold mostly to individuals, he says, but he hopes to sell them in bulk to hospitals and nursing homes, but all orders are welcome. He and Teer, who helps Taylor run his small business, have hired a company to help them market Taylor's inventions.

The Pillowhold sells for $9.97, Sheetstrap 9.97 and the Corner E-Z Clip Sheetholders 4/11.95 and can be ordered on Taylor's Web site at: http://www.pillowhold.com/order.html

Taylor says he tries to inspire others who are facing adversity.

"I've met people who were injured and were discouraged," Taylor says, "and I told them, 'Take what God has left you and do what you can with it, and He'll help you.'"

To order a Pillowholds or E-Z (Corner)Sheetstraps, or for more information, visit www.pillowhold.com or call (888) 790-8070.











For more details:



Ricky Taylor 524 Barker Ave High Point, N.C. 27262 Ph-336-886-4192 e-mail-rick@pillowhold.com

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