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US 5,467,490 AGranted
Neck cradle
OwnerSusan F. Riceinventor
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Abstract
A neck cradle including an elongated flexible bar member disposed between two adjustable supports. In use, an upward facing prone human rests the neck upon the bar member and may perform side to side rocking motions which massage the occipital ridge region having a general therapeutic effect. In an alternate embodiment, sets of three beads in two sizes are disposed upon a plurality of short axles fixed between two rails attached to adjustable upright supports.
Claims10
A new and improved neck cradle for providing neck support to an upward facing prone human comprising:
- a resilient elongated rod-like member;
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- a support member pair wherein each support member is affixed to an end of said rod-like member thereby producing a substantially horizontal operational disposition of said rod-like member, said support member pair further having two substantially solid truncated pyramids having an attachment means for said resilient elongated rod-like member disposed thereon, each said solid truncated pyramid having a first non-horizontally disposed side forming a first acute angle with the horizontal and a second opposed non-horizontal disposed side having an attachment means disposed thereon for forming a second acute angle with the horizontal, and further said first acute angle being greater than said second acute angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.