Contour shaped support pillow

Abstract

A contour shaped support pillow is provided including a trough located at an upper center of a front surface of the pillow, side support areas on the front surface at sides of the trough, and first and second neck support areas above and below the trough. A substantially flat back surface adjoins the front surface at an outer rear edge. A parting line is on the front surface following the outer rear edge and terminates on each side of the first neck support area at the outer rear edge. An edge region is between the parting line and the outer rear edge. The trough, the side support areas, and the first and second neck support areas within the parting line form a concave surface. A top of the front surface between the parting line and the outer rear edge of the back surface has a concave shape.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to a support pillow, and more particularly, to a contour shaped support pillow.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Children in particular, but also adults, have a tendency to roll or drop their heads sideways and sometimes forward while sleeping in a seated position. This is very uncomfortable, and causes the person sleeping to lack proper rest as a result. Many sleep pattern interruptions occur while fighting this position of imbalance during sleep. Sitting fully upright poses the greatest challenge in maintaining a balanced head position while trying to sleep. Usually, and especially in children, the upper torso will follow the head's position to the side, to the point of moving the person's body completely off center.[0005]Many pillows have been developed to control a person's head position when seated in repose. Resulting prior art pillows tend to either be too bulky, inc...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]A contour shaped pillow is provided to balance and to maintain a person's head in its neutral resting position. The pillow includes two upper side support areas with a trough centered between the two upper side support areas. The pillow has two neck support areas contour shaped to fill

Problems solved by technology

This is very uncomfortable, and causes the person sleeping to lack proper rest as a result.

Many sleep pattern interruptions occur while fighting this position of imbalance during sleep.

Sitting fully upright poses the greatest challenge in maintaining a balanced head position while trying to sleep.

Resulting prior art pillows tend to either be too bulky, incorporating too much material, or they are placed around a person's head and neck in an awkward position, or they allow for excessive movement of the head, which in turn causes the body to follow the head's position to the side.

None keep the head balanced rather than cradled and none are designed in a contoured form to keep the head balanced effectively.

One of the disadvantages of such designs is that the neck is forced forward by the thickness and the composition of the pillow's back side, thereby requiring a constant back pressure to keep the head in a resting position.

Furthermore, due to its design, that pillow is not suitable for use by smaller children because of their lack of ability to apply enough back pressure against the pillow.

The head side support is achieved by supporting the jaw bones which roll onto the pillow's side arm surface, rather than by supporting the skull itself, which is an uncomfortable solution.

That pillow's use is not only uncomfortable, but also restricting and awkward.

It also causes

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