Underarm pillow
AssigneeShoulder Buddies LLC
InventorDianne Cortese
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Abstract
An underarm pillow for the relief of human shoulder discomfort is formed from a block of compressible visco-elastic foam shaped to fit under the armpit with a concave upward surface which both supports the weight of the arm and also supplies horizontal forces on the ball of the humerus to locate the ball properly in the socket of the shoulder.
Claims17
A method for supporting a shoulder structure by placing an underarm pillow in an axilla, the method comprising the steps of:
- deforming and maintaining a block of compressible viscoelastic material in a compressed arrangement to produce non-uniform physical properties on the block of compressible viscoelastic material;
- inserting the compressed arrangement of the block of compressible viscoelastic material into a cover wherein the cover further maintains the block of compressible viscoelastic material in the compressed arrangement;
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- positioning the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material in the axilla where the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material supports the shoulder structure.
An underarm pillow placed in an axilla for supporting a shoulder structure, the underarm pillow comprising:
- a block of compressible viscoelastic material, the block having a length, a width, a height, and a volume in an uncompressed arrangement where the block of compressible viscoelastic material is maintained in a compressed arrangement having non-uniform physical properties;
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- a cover wherein the cover comprises a material that is less elastic than the block of compressible viscoelastic material and the block of compressible viscoelastic material is positioned within the cover to maintain the block of compressible viscoelastic material in compressed arrangement and wherein the cover is removable from the block of compressible viscoelastic material.
A method for supporting a shoulder structure by placing an underarm pillow in an axilla, the method comprising the steps of:
- deforming and maintaining a block of compressible viscoelastic material in a compressed arrangement to produce non-uniform physical properties on the block of compressible viscoelastic material;
- positioning the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material in the axilla where the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material supports the shoulder structure;
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- further compressing the compressed arrangement with an upper arm extending from the axilla while the block of compressible viscoelastic material supports the upper arm and displaces the upper arm from a torso, also extending from the axilla, at an angle of between 20 to 30 degrees.
A method for supporting a shoulder structure by placing an underarm pillow in an axilla, the method comprising the steps of:
- deforming and maintaining a block of compressible viscoelastic material in a compressed arrangement to produce non-uniform physical properties on the block of compressible viscoelastic material;
- positioning the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material in the axilla where the deformed block of compressible viscoelastic material supports the shoulder structure;
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- further compressing the compressed arrangement with an upper arm extending from the axilla while the block of compressible viscoelastic material supports the upper arm and displaces the upper arm from a torso, also extending from the axilla, at an angle of between 10 to 25 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.