Ventilated Pillow Structure for Back and Stomach Sleeping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pillows fail to provide adequate ventilation, leading to sweating and disrupted sleep when used on the back, and they do not allow easy breathing or proper alignment when used on the stomach, causing discomfort and potential deformation of the face contour.
Innovation Solution
A health pillow with a ventilation hole system, an incline support part, and an acupuncture point stimulation part, designed to promote ventilation, breathing, and facial alignment, featuring a main body, neck support, and face support parts to address these issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional pillow is used to support the user's head, then the user can sleep on their back with proper backbone posture, but the portions between the user's head and the pillow are not well ventilated causing the user to sweat and interrupt deep sleep
Solution Approach 1:
The pillow incorporates a ventilation hole passing through the center of the neck support part to create porous structure that enables air circulation between the pillow and user's head, preventing sweat accumulation and improving ventilation while maintaining head support functionality
2Adaptability or versatility
If a pillow is rested on a user's face when the user lies down on their stomach, then the user can sleep on stomach position, but the user's nose and mouth are covered preventing proper breathing and the user's face contour might deform
Solution Approach 1:
The pillow design incorporates a ventilation hole that extends to the center of the main body, creating a localized breathable pathway specifically for stomach sleeping position. This allows the pillow to adapt to different sleeping positions while preventing face deformation and breathing obstruction only when used on the stomach, without affecting other positions
Solution Approach 2:
The pillow is divided into functional segments including a neck support part with ventilation hole and a face support part. This segmentation allows the face support part to provide proper support and alignment when sleeping on stomach, preventing face contour deformation while the ventilation hole ensures breathing is not obstructed
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a pillow, which aids a user to sleep soundly when the user is lying on the back, and makes breathing easier and helps stimulate the acupuncture points on the face when the user is lying on the stomach and rests the face on the pillow. To this end, the present invention comprises: a main body; a neck support part, which is formed in the longitudinal direction at the front side of the main body and has a height higher than the height of the main body; a ventilation hole, which penetrates the center of the neck support part into the center of the main body; an incline support part, which is provided on the main body in contact with the ventilation hole, and has a gradual decline towards the ventilation hole; and an acupuncture point stimulation part provided in a protruding manner on the ventilation hole side of the neck support part. The pillow of the present invention aids the user to sleep soundly by forming the ventilation hole at the head resting area, which allows for easy ventilation, ensuring the head to stay cool when the user is lying on the back.