Assisting Passengers to Sleep While Sitting
AssigneesMichael ROTHSCHILD, Amit STEKEL
InventorMichael Rothschild
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for helping a user rest and sleep while in an upright sitting position on a seat by providing vertical and horizontal support to the user's upper body and head. The method consists of providing a seat add-on and fitting an adjustable vest that can cling to the seat add-on at varying heights and relieve the load on the lower part of the spine, putting some of it on the armpits and some on the back ribs, and of providing a head support cushion that enables the neck to relax while sustaining the head and neck in a vertical position. The seat add-on, the vest and the cushion in combination continuously support the seated user's upper body and head vertically and horizontally, to assist the user to rest and sleep in the vertical sitting position.
Claims31
-13. (canceled)
A system for selectively securing a passenger to a commercial passenger seat comprising:
- (a) a vest having a back;
- (b) a separate backrest having:
- (i) at least one member adapted to removably fix said backrest to a commercial passenger seat;
- (ii) a surface adapted to temporarily attach to said back of said vest;
- wherein said member is positioned relative to said backrest in a manner which does not interfere with accessing equipment at a rear side of the commercial passenger seat.
(canceled)
A method for securing a passenger to and releasing from a seat, comprising:
- (a) wearing a vest having a back surface adapted for adhesion to a second surface;
- (b) securing said surface to the seat by sitting down;
- and
- (c) detaching said surface from the seat by getting up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.