Our family like so
many millions of families are affected by seizures
and seizure related syndromes. No matter the
causes, head injuries,
epilepsy, autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome,
injuries at birth, diabetes and unfortunately
many more situations, it's not an easy life when
you or a loved one is living with seizures.
If you're reading this then you probably already
know what I'm talking about and know how
frustrating this can be.
Like many people living
with seizures for whatever reason, dinner
tables, desk corners and all those corners
around us cause many injuries to the head and
face and sometimes trips to the emergency room
because seizures usually happen fast and with no
warning.
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If You Or Your Loved One Has Seizures....
Hard, Sharp
Corners Are A Real Issue!
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We are a family living with seizures
and have invented the Safety PlaceMat out of necessity.
While having dinner at a local restaurant, my husband Steve
would keep his arm placed over the corner of the table to
prevent our son Joshua from hitting his head on the
corner...again.
While eating with one hand, Steve moved his arm from the
table for only a split second and sure enough BAM! Joshua
had a drop seizure and hit his head. You could hear it hit
from across the restaurant. It was a very sad moment for us. It was at this moment we decided
there must be something we could do because we couldn't
continue to live like
this.
After hours turned to days then to weeks, we finally
came up with the design of the Safety PlaceMat! Our main
focus was to offer protection from the table corners so we
could simply have a normal dinner together as a family. We
are finding out that we ended up with a product that has far
more uses than we ever thought.
We searched for material soft enough to protect yet would be of
high quality and last as long as possible. We added a ridge
around the base so that when Joshua dropped his drinks, most
of the spill would stay inside the mat area and not all over
the table and floor.
Yes, we originally made this for Joshua but with the
millions of people in our situation, we have decided to make
them for others who need them.
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"We love our mats- 3 now
in total!!! They give us such comfort that
we can
turn our heads for a minute to
prepare food in the kitchen and know our
daughter will have a cushion during her
seizures.
My daughter even has a mat at
school that she takes with her from the
classroom to the lunch room too!.
The school is very grateful to have it as
well."
- L. Siegel -
Westchester , NY | |
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Seen On TV |
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Finally there's a simple solution for a
complex problem!
The
New Safety PlaceMat® |
Use it when you eat by placing your plate, utensils
and drink directly on the placemat. Use it at
school or the office by placing your work or
computer keyboard directly on the Safety PlaceMat.
We're trying our best to bring some sort of normalcy
back into our daily lives.
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I just received my safety place
mat and I'm thrilled.
My son has
drop seizures that come and go so quickly that often
there is no time to
respond and prevent him from
hitting his head on
something.
This mat
will enable him to eat at the dinner table again!
I'm
also planning
to buy another for school.
Thanks for this great
product.
- M. Hebert Saratoga Springs, NY |
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Not Only For Those With Seizures 
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Even though we
originally designed the placemat for our son, we are
learning from users that they are being used for
many different applications.
 Moms
of infants are using them on the table
during feeding times.
They
are being used in restaurants simply to keep the down the mess our
kids seem to always be making. Clean up is usually a
simple wipe with a napkin and viola, no more
embarrassed parents and no more dirty looks
from the waiter.
School
boards have purchased many of them to use in
the lunchrooms as well as their special ed
departments.
Several
hospitals and neurologists are using them. |
We decided to designed this for office or home
computer use as well so we "grown ups" can place our
computer keyboards on
the placemat. We have students even do their homework on the placemat.
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Designed By
Those Actually Affected By Seizures. |
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We feel
it's important to tell you the Safety PlaceMat
was not designed by some large corporation
looking for a product to make millions of
dollars in profit from. This is a product design
which went from injury to table napkin drawing
to trial and error items made right in our
garage to finally the finished product you see
here.
The testing was not done in some lab or board room but
right in our home. The tester is our
son who unfortunately has had over 25,000
seizures and counting. I don't know of a better
designer or tester found sitting on any
corporate board!
We did NOT make the Safety PlaceMat to become
rich! The fact is, this project is not
even....um even. Yes, many people think mainly about money but
my guess is these people don't have a special
needs child. We totally understand the needs of
a family with a special needs member.
This is why we are doing everything we can to keep the
cost of the Safety PlaceMat as low as possible
and still survive.
Remember, we
originally made this for Joshua and if we can
help others in the process, great!
So now you know the story, our background and our goals as related
to the Safety PlaceMat. I hope we can help you
or one of your loved ones. We wish all the
best in your search for help should this be your
situation.
Sincerely,
Danielle Duce
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Use it at home, school and at the
office to protect yourself, your family
member or your patients from
potential physical injury from all those corners
in our lives!
Making This World Just A Little More
Safe!
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We love the Safety Place
Mat! It has helped in quite
a few episodes to protect
our daughter’s face.
We just got back from
vacation and we took it with
us everywhere to eat
too...so easy to clean!
- J. Byrge - Ohio |
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The
NEW Safety PlaceMat!
Now Protecting Children
and Adults Worldwide.
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Computer &
Office Desks |
Schools |
Day care |
| Restaurants |
Eating
Tables |
Hospitals |
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Nursing Homes |
Wheelchair
Tables |
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Use
It Anywhere
Corners Could Cause Injury
Or Simply To Contain
Little Messes & Spills
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Physician, Hospital
& School Board
Discounts Are Available!
A Portion Of Every Purchase Is Given To Support Various
Foundations Who Support Seizure
Research And Families Affected By Seizures!
If You Have A Specific Foundation You'd Like
To Support, Please Contact Us.
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