About FunctionAll™ Linens
I'm Teresa Joyce and as a native Texan, I like to spend my time enjoying life! It was in the pursuit of one of my most basic pleasures—lounging in bed—that spurred me to invent the ErgoPocket™ sheet. When I'm in bed, I frequently doze off while wearing or holding my glasses. My night stand isn't right next to my bed and sometimes I'm out like a light before I can get up and place them on the stand. Most times I was lucky and my glasses just got lost in the bed.
One morning, I wasn't so lucky. Blankets and sheets went flying as I searched for my glasses. Well, I found the remote, a TV guide, but no glasses. Later on when I was making the bed, I found what was left of my cute $500 cat eye glasses—I had thoroughly mangled them. I was beside myself, but I still had a really darling backup pair, so life went on. A few months later, the same thing happened again and I went totally bonkers.
I often pray on things big and small, so in a casual conversation with God, I asked Him not to change me but to use me as I am. A few mornings later He did just that. I awoke and stretched, and in that moment, realized exactly what I needed to keep from breaking my glasses in bed. I needed a pocket on my bed sheet! Being the faithful consumer that I am, I ran to the computer to Google my much needed bed linen. I Google'd and Google'd but couldn't find a fitted sheet with a side pocket.
I then began a long journey of research and development. Since I don't sew a stitch, I was fortunate to locate a 5-star seamstress, Joyce Hart, who is a top-notch expert with patterns, prototypes and fabric usage. Joyce coordinates manufacturing and training, and serves as an advisor on our special projects. She also finds time to donate her varied talents to many Austin area charity projects. Joyce worked with me to perfect my design and crafted the first ErgoPocket bed sheet.
Once I saw how useful it was, I then did in-depth research to see how others could benefit from this innovative pocket. I didn't have to look far—I have a daughter, now age 31, that was born with rheumatoid arthritis. She was diagnosed at 3, and has had many surgeries and has been on too many medications to count. She endures much pain to accomplish the simplest tasks, like holding a hair brush, or reaching for a pen and pad, or picking up the TV remote. Getting in and out of bed is a major, pain-ridden struggle for her. The ErgoPocket sheet was just what she needed!
I pressed on and quickly connected with other bedridden patients, caretakers and seniors who could use my pocket sheets to make their lives easier and safer. This made me even happier—that this very simple idea would help so many people be more independent—and most importantly—help them regain their dignity.
So here I am. No more broken glasses or lost remotes—and a wonderful new business to boot. I never imagined that I could gain so much from a bad habit. Talk about making lemonade from lemons!
