US 10,869,557 B2 · Travel pillow with anchoring features

Abstract

Travel pillows include anchor mechanisms. The travel pillows can include anchor mechanisms with anchor bodies such as straps. The anchor bodies can be attached to the travel pillow body, such as to the rear of the travel pillow body, or alternatively can be detachable from the travel pillow body. The anchor mechanisms can also include loops through which the anchor bodies can pass before reattaching to themselves or attaching to another element such as a cover of the travel pillow body. The anchor bodies can be placed around a portion of a headrest, such as headrest wings, to prevent or make less likely a user's head and/or body falling forward inadvertently.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A travel pillow comprising:

a substantially U-shaped pillow body having a foam core and comprising two leg portions spaced apart by a back portion having a rear wall connected at back-ends of the two leg portions and conformable to contact opposing front-ends of the two leg portions, the rear wall comprising a base rear wall and a raised rear wall on the base rear wall;
and
an anchor mechanism, comprising a first anchor body connected at a first end of the raised wall and a second anchor body connected at a second end of the raised wall to attach the pillow body to a headrest, wherein the first anchor body and the second anchor body are spaced apart and angled slightly outwardly relative to one another.

A travel pillow comprising:

a substantially U-shaped pillow body having a foam core;
and
a cover enclosing the pillow body, the cover comprising an anchor mechanism to attach the cover of the pillow body to a headrest, wherein the pillow body and the cover comprise two leg portions spaced apart by a back portion having a rear wall connected at back-ends of the two leg portions and conformable to contact opposing front-ends of the two leg portions, the rear wall comprising a base rear wall and a raised rear wall on the base rear wall,
wherein the anchor mechanism comprises a first anchor body connected to the cover at a first end of the raised rear wall and a second anchor body connected to the cover at a second end of the raised rear wall to attach the cover of the pillow body to the headrest, the first anchor body and the second anchor body being spaced apart and angled slightly outwardly relative to one another.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/782,900Filed 5 Feb 2020 · continuation

Priority

11 Jul 2017

Published

US 2020/0170416 A14 Jun 2020

Granted

22 Dec 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47C 21/026
Holders for loose bed elements, e.g. sheet holders; bed cover holders: pillow holders; Mattress holders
A47C 7/383
For the head, e.g. detachable: detachable or loose head- or neck-supports, e.g. horse-shoe shaped
A47G 9/1081
Pillows: comprising a neck support, e.g. a neck roll
A47C
Chairs

Family

Application62/531,278Us provisional application · filed 11 Jul 2017

Application62/571,785Us provisional application · filed 12 Oct 2017

Application62/574,366Us provisional application · filed 19 Oct 2017

Application15/904,400Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Feb 2018

Application16/200,513Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Nov 2018

US 10,178,915 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Jan 2019

US 2020/0170416 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jun 2020

US 10,617,220 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0014914 A1Published application

US 2019/0090650 A1Published application

US 10,869,557 B2This patent

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Travel pillow with anchoring features

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Travel pillow with anchoring features

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Abstract

Claims20