Sleeping mask and neck rest

In a sleeping mask adapted to be mounted to a users had in covering light blocking relation over the users eyes, the sleeping mask having an eye mask having an outer surface, an inner surface, and opposite ends, the inner surface being adapted to face the user's eyes, and a holding device for securing said eye mask to the head of the user, the improvement wherein:

• the holding device comprises two side parts of the eye mask which join the opposite ends of said eye mask and which comprise outer and inner surfaces in extension of said outer and inner surfaces of said eye mask and of which each comprises a receiving pocket for securing said eye mask to the outer ears of the user, each of said receiving pockets being formed by said inner surface of said side parts and by a holding member having a free opening edge and an outer edge connected firmly to said side part, said opening edge being provided with a drawstring which is passed through a seam extending along said opening edge, the drawstring having a secured end secured to an upper edge of said side part and a free end which projects out of a recess provided in a lower edge of said side part.