Orthopedic pillow which minimizes snoring

An orthopedic pillow which enhances muscular relaxation during sleep and which minimizes snoring comprising, a soft compressible material which underlies the head, nape of the neck and shoulders of a sleeper lying on his back, said pillow being generally rectangular in plan view to define a top, a bottom and opposite sides, and having an upper surface contoured to provide laterally spaced upstanding side margins at each side of a body-supporting central region, said central region having a centrally positioned nape-supporting portion of greatest elevation convexly curved from top to bottom and concavely curved from side to side to support the nape of the neck, said nape-supporting portion separating:

• (1) a side to side concave portion at the
• top end of said pillow, said side to side concave portion having a highest portion
• at said nape-supporting portion and being inclined downwardly from said highest portion to a low point at the occipital portion of the head for supporting the back of the head;
• from (2) a second portion at the bottom of said pillow for supporting the upper portion of the back, said second portion being inclined downwardly from said nape-supporting portion to a lower end at the bottom of said of said pillow , said back-supporting inclined portion being bordered at opposite sides thereof by shoulder-receiving depressions
• set into the pillow and forming a base portion
• of minimum thickness
• that surrounds said base portion