Apparel with inflatable neck pillow
OwnerRoberto R. Alvarezinventor
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Abstract
A neck-supporting apparel which includes a neck portion having an interior side and an exterior side comprising an inflatable bladder; a first side portion having an interior side designed to rest against a user's body during use and an exterior side designed to face away from the user during use, and a second side portion extending outward from an opposite end of the neck portion as the first side portion. The first side portion extending outward from an end of the neck portion. The inflatable bladder has a valve disposed proximate a lowermost and outermost portion of the inflatable bladder. A top and bottom of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved and only a portion of a first side and a second side of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved.
Claims20
Neck-supporting apparel, comprising:
- a neck portion having an interior side and an exterior side comprising an inflatable bladder;
- a first side portion having an interior side designed to rest against a user's body during use and an exterior side designed to face away from the user during use, the first side portion extending outward from an end of the neck portion;
- and
- a second side portion extending outward from an opposite end of the neck portion as the first side portion,
- wherein the inflatable bladder has a valve disposed proximate a lowermost and outermost portion of the inflatable bladder, and
- wherein a top and bottom of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved and only a portion of a first side and a second side of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved.
A neck supporting scarf, comprising:
- a neck portion;
- at least one body portion;
- an inflatable bladder disposed within the neck portion;
- and
- a valve coupled to the inflatable bladder, the valve configured to inflate and deflate the bladder,
- wherein the valve is coplanar with or planarly offset from the inflatable bladder,
- wherein a top and bottom of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved and only a portion of a first side and a second side of the inflatable bladder are angularly curved, and
- wherein a radius of curvature of a central region of the top of the inflatable bladder is larger than a radius of curvature of the first and second sides.
Neck supporting apparel, comprising:
- a neck portion having a lower end having a first radius of curvature;
- at least one body portion, the at least one body portion having an interior side designed to rest against a user's body during use and an exterior side designed to face away from the user;
- an inflatable bladder spanning within the neck portion, the inflatable bladder having a lower end having a second radius of curvature substantially similar to the first radius of curvature;
- and
- a valve, the valve configured to inflate and deflate the bladder,
- wherein the valve is disposed in the interior side of the neck portion only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.