Support pillow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pillows inadequately support the neck region during sleep, leading to unnatural posture and associated pain, as they fail to compensate for the height difference between the neck and mattress, resulting in insufficient support for the cervical spine.
Innovation Solution
A uniquely shaped pillow with a contoured design and an elongated neck support member, featuring adjustable filler material and a detachable neck roll pillow member, which can be personalized for optimal neck support, is introduced. The pillow includes padded, crescent-shaped side members to maintain a back-sleeping position and prevent lateral head movement, using hypoallergenic polyester filler and a removable cover with a thermodynamic pocket.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional pillows are used, then head support is provided, but neck support is insufficient leading to unnatural posture and pain
Solution Approach 1:
The pillow is divided into distinct functional zones: a head support portion and a separate neck support portion with increased height. This segmentation allows each region to independently perform its specific support function, with the taller neck portion compensating for the height difference between the mattress and cervical spine while the head portion maintains proper head alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the pillow are given different heights and densities to match the specific support needs of different body parts. The neck support portion has greater height than the head support portion, and the pillow may incorporate varying densities of filling material in different zones to provide localized support characteristics appropriate for each anatomical region.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If pillows promote back sleeping position, then facial pressure is reduced, but device complexity increases with contoured designs
Solution Approach 1:
The pillow incorporates contoured surfaces with curved profiles that match the natural curvature of the head, neck, and spine. The convex and concave surfaces are designed to cradle the head and support the cervical lordosis, promoting proper spinal alignment while maintaining a back sleeping position without requiring complex mechanical structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The contoured pillow design serves multiple functions simultaneously: it supports the head, supports the neck, maintains spinal alignment, and promotes back sleeping position. By integrating these functions into a single contoured structure rather than separate components, the design achieves multi-functionality without proportionally increasing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A support pillow for supporting the head of a person. The pillow includes a base portion having opposing front and rear edge portions, opposing first and second side peripheral portions and a central curved portion configured to round upward from the front and rear edge portions to support against a back of the person's head. First and second opposing supporting members, respectively extending from the opposing first and second side end peripheral portions of the base portion are provided. Each first and second opposing supporting member extends angularly and upwardly respectively from the opposing first and second side end peripheral portions of the base portion. Each first and second opposing supporting member is separated from one another such that a majority portion of the central curved portion of the base portion is disposed within a region extending between each first and second supporting members. A detachable and adjustable elongated neck support member is provided having opposing first and second ends configured for engagement with the base portion whereby the elongated neck support member extends between the first and second side peripheral portions of the base portion.