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AssigneesFrederick Oscar Stephens, Sheilagh Kelly, Jennifer Louise Azzopardi, Robert Bruce Henry Stephens, Gillian Dorys Janet Stephens, Katriona Alison Stephens, Frederick William Peter Stephens
InventorFrederick O. Stephens
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A pillow has a base portion against which the user rests his/her head and a lateral support portion which supports the user's head to resist rotation thereof about the axis of the user's neck. The pillow may also have a recess formed in the support portion for partially accommodating the user's head and thereby resisting relative movement between the pillow and the user's head. Further, the support portion may have a sufficient length so that, in use, it rests on a shoulder of the user to provide further stability to the pillow. A removable cover may be provided, and the pillow is preferably constructed from an expanded foam rubber or synthetic plastics material. In a second preferred embodiment the pillow is provided with two spaced lateral support potions on opposite sides of the base portion. The pillow may be rolled or folded into a compressed condition with the aid of cooperating hook and loop type fastener.
A travelling cushion formed of a resiliently compressible foam material and having a base portion which is generally thin and substantially planar and a lateral head support portion formed integrally with the base portion, the head support portion being relatively thick and projecting laterally of and upwardly from an upper surface of the base portion, the base portion and the lateral head support portion defining a generally continuous and substantially planar lower surface of the travelling cushion, the construction of the travelling cushion being such that it may be positioned between a user's head and an upwardly inclined supporting surface with the user's head bearing against the upper surface of the base portion and leaning against the lateral support portion which supports the user's head against rotation about the axis of the user's neck, with the head support portion being of sufficient length such that, in use, a bottom edge thereof rests on the shoulder of the user, the travelling cushion being enclosed within a unitary removable cover and being such that it may be rolled or folded into a compressed condition, the travelling cushion being provided with securing means for retaining the cushion in a compressed condition said securing means comprising a pair of complimentary portions of hook and loop fastener means, whereby when the cushion is in a compressed condition the complimentary portions are operatively juxtaposed.
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