QuickZip Crib Sheet.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF - Clouds and Stars Inc. created the QuickZip sheet - Brief article

While working together as environmental consultants in the late 1990s, Joan Henehan and Elizabeth Sopher both had kids in the same baby-to-toddler age bracket. "We talked about kids all the time," Sopher said. One of the topics of discussion: "Crib sheets are really hard to change."

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So the pair came up with a better design--the QuickZip Crib Sheet, featuring a top panel that zips off of the mattress for a more user-friendly wash. The duo started selling them in 2002. The concept has sold...