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US 4,210,134 AGranted
Pillow for manual therapeutics
AssigneeKabushikigaisha OMCO
InventorsYasukichi Okazaki, Tatsuo Okazaki
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Abstract
A pillow for manual therapeutics has an upper body substantially formed into a saddle-shape, and a plurality of protrusions symmetrically arranged on the surface of said upper body near the central portion thereof, so that the protrusions act as fingers for pressing on the affected parts of human head or body when the head or body is supported by the pillow.
Claims21
A pillow for manual therapeutics comprising:
- a hollow body (1) including an upper body member (1a) having a surface portion for receiving and supporting at least a part of a human body, and a lower body member (1b) connected to said upper body member (1a);
- at least one protrusion (2) detachably mounted on said receiving and supporting surface portion of said upper body member (1a);
- said upper body member comprising at least one aperture, said at least one aperture being equal in number to the number of said at least one detachable protrusion, said at least one detachable protrusion (2) comprising a head portion (2a) and a leg portion (2b) connected to said head portion, said leg portion being introducable into said at least one aperture;
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- said at least one aperture further comprising a guide slit (3a) and said detachable protrusion (2) further comprising a lock protrusion (2c) extending from said leg portion (2b) of said at least one protrusion (2), said lock protrusion being passable through said guide slit when in alignment therewith, such that said detachable protrusion (2) is detachable from said hollow body (1) only when said lock protrusion (2c) is aligned with said guide slit (3a);
- whereby when a human head or body part is supported on said hollow body, said at least one protrusion exerts pressure on at least a portion of the supported part of said head or body.
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