Sleeping posture supporting apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a sleeping posture supporting apparatus for supporting and maintaining a person's entire body lying at full length (lying on one side) and increasing breathing capacity while sleeping so as to prevent the person from snoring, thus allowing the person to have a good sleep.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2007-0078731, filed on Aug. 6, 2007, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a sleeping posture supporting apparatus, and more particularly, to an apparatus for supporting and maintaining a person's entire body lying at full length (a person lying on one side) and increasing a person's breathing capacity during sleep so as to prevent the person from snoring and thus allowing him or her to have a good sleep.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound, due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping, and thus it may be a symptom indicating a difficulty in breathing while sleeping.[0006]Air flows over ...

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Benefits of technology

[0015]The present invention provides a sleeping posture supporting apparatus for maintaining a person's entire body lying at full length and for increasing breathing capacity and oxygen supply during sleep, thereby preventing a person from snoring or experiencing sleep apnea, thus allowing the person to have a good sleep.

Problems solved by technology

Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound, due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping, and thus it may be a symptom indicating a difficulty in breathing while sleeping.

When the airway is completely obstructed due to serious muscle relaxation or due to the accumulation of fat, air does not flow to the lungs, resulting in sleep apnea.

In particular, fat male adults or persons who have small jaws that are positioned back or who have short thick necks tend to snore excessively.

In this case, the uvula is narrow and it is difficult to open the airway.

Such severe snoring is accompanied by loud noise and sleep apnea.

In particular, a drunk person can die from suffocation since the speed of autonomic nerve reflex responses are reduced and the airway may be obstructed for a long time.

Sleep apnea causes a loud snoring sound and a reduction in sound sleep, is accompanied by daytime sleepiness and drastic fatigue in spite of a sufficient sleep time, and involves memory loss and lack of concentration due to a lack of oxygen while sleeping.

Sufferers may experience severe daytime sleepiness and fatigue, which causes car accidents.

Furthermore, a long period of sleep apnea increases the burden on the heart or lungs, and may cause serious complications such as hypertension, a heart attack, or a stroke.

Snoring prevention pillows are used to prevent snoring or sleep apnea, which does not work since the pillows are not used correctly during sleep.

Furthermore, although a nose pendant or an oral closing tool induces nose breathing so as to prevent snoring, persons are reluctant to wearing such tools or a cold or a blockage in the nose makes it difficult to use such tools.

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