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job, and it was not long before they lost That day I had cleaned three houses, and Trademark office. This event led her
their home. Here they were, homeless I rushed to make it to the event. It was to attend others, and a friend reached
and living out of their car. “This was a almost at the end of the event when I out to her to tell her of an upcoming
very tough time for our family, but the arrived and begged the director to just convention in Indianapolis at which
one thing that I never gave up on was give me a few minutes during their break Mike Lindell, the Founder of My Pillow,
my dream of my inventions. I would cre- to speak with me. She complied and would be attending. “I hoped to be
ate drawings of my invention and found came over and I showed her the proto- able to meet him and tell him about my
myself working on my idea and it was type. I will never forget she turned to her invention, but it was an extremely busy
what actually kept me positive through assistant and said, ‘we are taking her into event. Luckily, I was introduced to one of
this time.” Eventually Ruth started to heal our program’ that was about two years his people and told him about my NEET
and went back to work cleaning houses, ago, and they have helped me so much.” Sheets. Turns out I did not know it at the
her husband got a new job and slowly time, but I was speaking with Mike’s Vice
they saved enough to get into a small President. He loved the idea, and that
home and get their lives back on track. evening went to speak with Mike Lindell
Ruth woke up one morning to about my invention. The next day Ruth
her husband complaining about how met with the VP, and he told her that
disruptive a night sleep he had since Mike loved the idea and they had spent
the sheets kept coming off the bed and their entire dinner talking about her new
he was getting tangled up in them. product, and they wanted to place an
She realized that the solution she had order.
come up with years before would not I asked Ruth how she felt when she
only speed up the bed making process received this information, “I was be-
but solve this problem of which her side myself; I couldn’t believe this was
husband complained. She said nothing happening. All those years I had this idea
but connected with a friend that helped in my head, but just could not find the
her create the first prototype of the bed resources to do anything about it and
sheet. Still not mentioning anything to now, this man with such a huge empire
her husband, she took the prototype was interested in my product. I still have
and put it on their bed. A few nights later to pinch myself because I cannot believe
he woke up and said “Honey, what did it is true.”
you do to the sheets, they have not been Ruth’s first order is scheduled to
a problem at all lately?” She told him she be delivered to My Pillow in July, but
made the sheets and he couldn’t believe because of the Corona Pandemic the
it but went immediately to his computer date might be pushed back, but Mike
and started researching how they could Lindell and his staff are just as anxious as
protect this invention that his wife had Ruth decided it was time to quit Ruth is, and we are all hoping that these
designed. They followed through on her job cleaning homes and focus full events do not delay the day when we
their research and applied for a Patent time on promoting her invention. Last will see NEET Sheets on TVs all over the
on what had come to be known as the November the University of California country.
“NEET Sheet” at San Marcos conducted research on At San Diego Woman Magazine, we
Not only did they receive their Ruth’s NEET Sheets, and they found that are always thrilled when we hear of the
Patent, but it was cited that her product using her sheets instead of the tradition- successes of our San Diego Women.
would not only decrease the time for al sheets saved 50% of the time making Ruth Young-Loaeza is a woman who
many industries such as hospitals and beds. This is a huge finding for hotels overcame tremendous odds, worked
hotels who make hundreds or thousands and hospitals who have hundreds of hard every day, and never gave up. She
of beds every day, but they also noted beds to make each day. “Right now, we never stopped believing that if you have
that it would decrease the number of are working on possibilities with the determination and faith, dreams can
worker’s compensation claims as a result military, hospitals and hotels. More than come true. We are so proud to call her a
of hotel and hospital workers having to anything the idea of my product mak- San Diego Woman of Distinction.
lift hundred pound mattresses over and ing life easier for workers who have to
over every day. do what I did for 24 years makes me so Contact Ruth at
Ruth started attending conferences happy” ruth.young.loaeza@geniusondevelopment.com
and pitching her idea at invention fo- The idea was so well received that Learn more about her journey at:
rums. “One of the first times I did this was Ruth was asked to be a guest speaker https://linktr.ee/RuthYoungLoaeza
visit her site at:
to the director of one of the innovation at the annual Invention-Con in 2019, an makeitNEET.com
programs at the University of San Diego. event at the United States Patent and

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