231 results about "Side lying" patented technology

The present invention relates to a body support pillow made and contoured to promote side lying to reduce snoring and negate the consequences of sleep apnea and symptoms. It consists of a body support pillow with integrated, semi-rigid yet flexible support for a person's head, back, and legs while lying on their side thereby encouraging either left or right side position sleeping.

The present invention provides devices for neck support and correction, for example, pillows, headrests, or cushions, designed to be placed under the head and neck of a person lying in a supine or side-lying position. Such devices are useful for maintaining or improving cervical and / or thoracic spinal curvature and / or alignment and for reducing pain associated with ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae. Also provided are methods of improving cervical spinal alignment and for treating or ameliorating ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae.

A pillow whose height can be automatically adjusted so that, when a user is in a face-up lying position, the back of the user's head is slightly higher than his or her back, and in addition, whose height can be automatically varied between a face-up lying position and a side lying position. A cavity section (8) is formed in a head placement member (3), and the cavity section (8) sags so that, when the head is placed on the pillow with the face up, the distance between the lowermost section of the head and a bottom member (2) is in the range of 10 - 30 mm. An urging mechanism (9) is placed in the cavity section, and the urging mechanism has X-shaped links (11) arranged in the cavity section (8), separated in the lateral direction. Each of the X-shaped links is constructed by pivotally connecting, by an intermediate link shaft (16), a first link member (12) sloping forwardly upward and a second link member (13) sloping backwardly upward. The urging mechanism further has a front side upper connection member (18) for connecting front end sections of the first members of both X-shaped links to each other, a back side upper connection member (20) for connecting rear end sections of the second link members of both X-shaped links to each other, and a spring member (21) for applying a spring force to both X-shaped links, the spring force acting in the direction that causes both link members of each X-shaped link to approach each other in the forward / backward direction along an action line in the forward / backward direction.

The invention provides a pillow capable of having the height thereof adjusted automatically so that the height of the back of the head of a user in a face-up lying position is slightly higher than his / her back, and also capable of having the height thereof varied automatically between a face-up lying position and a side lying position. A hollow portion 8 having a biasing mechanism 9 disposed therein is formed in a head placement member 3, and when the head is placed face-up on the head placement member 3, the hollow portion 8 is depressed so that the distance between the lowermost portion of the head and the bottom member 2 is in the range of 10 mm to 30 mm. The biasing mechanism has X-shaped links 11 disposed laterally spaced apart in the hollow portion 8. Each X-shaped link is composed by pivotally connecting a first link member 12 slanted upward toward the front and a second link member 13 slanted upward toward the rear by an intermediate link shaft 16. The biasing mechanism further comprises a front-side upper connecting member 18 for connecting the front ends of the first link members of the X-shaped links, a rear-side upper connecting member 20 for connecting the rear ends of the second link members of the X-shaped links, and a spring member 21 providing a spring force for approximating the link members of each X-shaped link in the frontward / rearward direction along a line of action in the frontward / rearward direction with respect to the X-shaped links.