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Pillow apparatus

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-01-26
BANYAN LICENSING
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The patent describes a pillow that has a filling material to provide support and comfort. This filling material can be made from various sources such as fiber or poly beads, polyfiber, reticulated foam, hollow petrochemical beads, or expanded polystyrene beads. The technical effect of this patent is to provide a pillow that offers resilient and supportive properties through the use of a variety of filling materials.

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However, these pillows retain, dust, bacteria and other contaminants since it is not possible to clean them.
However, this shell or casing does not protect the pillow from contaminants that could penetrate the shell or casing like sweat, viruses or bacteria and then internally contaminate the pillow.

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[0029]The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

[0030]FIGS. 1a-1c illustrate a pillow apparatus 100, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. The pillow apparatus 100 includes an outer shell 110, filler material 120 and filter barrier 130. The configuration of these components is described below in detail. The pillow apparatus 100 can comprise more or fewer components as required for various embodiments.

[0031]Referring to FIG. 1a, the outer shell 110 of the pillow apparatus 100 comprises a firs...

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Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to a pillow apparatus that can be turned inside out to expose the internal filler material. Typically, the pillow apparatus in configured for thorough cleaning via a conventional home washing machine and dryer. In some embodiments, the cushion apparatus comprises an outer shell and a filter barrier connected to the outer shell so as to form at least one enclosed compartment. The pillow apparatus further comprises a filler material contained within the at least one enclosed compartment.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 157,938, filed May 6, 2015, entitled “Pillow Apparatus,” the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to support devices and, more specifically, an anti-allergy, pillow apparatus that can be turned inside out to expose the internal filler material for a thorough cleaning via a conventional home washing machine and dryer.BACKGROUND[0003]A pillow is generally useful for the purpose of rendering comfort or support to a user. Conventional pillows are manufactured using “pillow-filler material” such as high resilient (“RR”) urethane foam formed by means of conventional molding processes providing the desired density and stability to the foam. However, these pillows retain, dust, bacteria and other contaminants since it is not possible to clean them.[0004]Conventional solutions focus on k...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G9/10A47G9/04A47G9/02
CPCA47G9/10A47G9/0253A47G2009/1018A47G2009/001A47G9/04
Inventor DAVIS, EDMUND SCOTTTABOR, CALVIN
Owner BANYAN LICENSING
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