Portable support cushion
OwnerRena Queen Heegaard, Andrew Boweninventors
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Abstract
A portable support cushion includes a cushion body, a cushion cover, and a support pouch. The cushion cover surrounds the cushion body so as to enclose the cushion body therein. The support pouch is coupled to the cover and is changeable between an expanded arrangement and a collapsed arrangement. The support pouch comprises an elastic material. In the expanded arrangement, the support pouch is stretched and arranged around a cushion support such that elastic force of the elastic material causes the support pouch to grasp the cushion support to mount the support cushion on the cushion support, which may be a toilet seat lid. The cushion may be used on either surface of a toilet seat lid or as a lower body support on a floor surface.
Claims20
A toilet system comprising
- a toilet including a bowl, a toilet seat pivotably arranged on a top rim of the bowl, and a toilet seat lid pivotably arranged above the toilet seat, the toilet seat lid including a bottom surface that faces the toilet seat in a lowered position when the toilet seat lid is resting on top of the toilet seat and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and
- a portable support cushion including
- a cushion body including a front body surface configured to engage a body of a user and a rear body surface arranged to face opposite the front body surface,
- a cushion cover surrounding the cushion body so as to enclose the cushion body therein, the cushion cover including a front cover surface adjacent the front body surface and a rear cover surface adjacent the rear body surface, and
- a support pouch coupled to the rear cover surface and changeable between an expanded arrangement and a collapsed arrangement, the support pouch comprising an elastic material, wherein, in the expanded arrangement, the support pouch is configured to be stretched and arranged around at least a portion of the toilet seat lid such that elastic force of the elastic material causes the support pouch to grasp the toilet seat lid so as to mount the portable support cushion on the toilet seat lid.
A portable support cushion comprising
- a cushion body including a front body surface configured to engage a body of a user and a rear body surface arranged to face opposite the front body surface,
- a cushion cover surrounding the cushion body so as to enclose the cushion body therein, the cushion cover including a front cover surface adjacent the front body surface and a rear cover surface adjacent the rear body surface, and
- a support pouch coupled to the rear cover surface and changeable between an expanded arrangement and a collapsed arrangement, the support pouch comprising an elastic material wherein, in the expanded arrangement, the support pouch is configured to be stretched and arranged around at least a portion of a cushion support such that elastic force of the elastic material causes the support pouch to grasp the cushion support so as to mount the portable support cushion on the cushion support.
A method of using a portable support cushion comprising
- providing a toilet seat lid of a toilet having a bottom surface that faces a toilet seat of the toilet in a lowered position and a top surface opposite the bottom surface,
- arranging the toilet seat lid in a raised position away from the toilet seat, and
- arranging a support pouch of the portable support cushion that is arranged on a rear side of a cushion body of the portable support cushion on a top side of the toilet seat lid such that the cushion bod is arranged on the bottom surface of the toilet seat lid and is aligned with a lumbar region of a user so as to allow the user to lean back on the portable support cushion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.