Device for recumbency of the head and neck
OwnerGeorge W. E. Priceinventor
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Abstract
A portable device for recumbency of the head and neck providing support for the same while travelling or in other situations where discomfort arises from lack of adequate support. The device is provided with a surface having a generally concave shape with respect to a vertical axis of curvature corresponding approximately to the central vertebral axis of the neck. The concave shape is fashioned so that it has symmetrical left and right halves, opposing areas of which are designed to exert gentle pressure in the vicinity of the mastoid processes of the head, a region near the base of the head, and located at the sides thereof almost at the rear. There are two embodiments of the device, one a padded resilient sheet curved to provide the support surface and a second in the form of an inflatable pillow.
Claims9
A device for recumbency of the head and neck, such device comprising a supporting surface having a generally concave shape with respect to a vertical axis of curvature that corresponds approximately to the central vertebral axis of the neck so that (a) the generally concave shape has left and right halves that are symmetrical about the line of their junction and also so that (b) symmetrically opposed areas in the vicinity of non-adjacent edges of each half exert gentle pressure in the vicinity of the mastoid processes of the head, wherein the surface also has a generally convex shape with respect to a horizontal axis, such axis intersecting the vertical axis of curvature, so that the generally convex shape conforms generally to at least the upper portion of the nape of the neck and the lower portion of the occipital bone of the head.
The device of clam 1, further comprising a stuffed pillow which has the previously described surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.