Travel pillow
OwnerSpencer E. McNeilinventor
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Abstract
A travel pillow is provided in the form of a torus which is inflated and which has an integral bottom backing member adapted to coact with the seat back of a chair in a plane, train, bus, or automobile in which sleep is promoted regardless of movement of the individual's head during sleep periods because the pillow permits both rotation of the head within the torus during sleep and also movement of the pillow laterally and vertically as it slips against the seat back during natural sleep movements.
Claims10
Apparatus for promoting sleep while sitting in a seat having a seat back, said device adapted to be used at the back of the head of an individual between the head of said individual and said seat back for accommodating for the natural movement of the head of an individual during normal sleep patterns, comprising:
- a seat having a seat back;
- and,
- a pillow having an aperture therethrough and a smooth slippery backing for said pillow coacting with said seat back and attached to said pillow at the back thereof, said backing covering said aperture and providing a slippery and smooth surface to permit the sliding of said pillow over said seat back and to permit the movement of the head of said individual within said aperture during said normal sleep patterns.
A travel device for promoting sleep while sitting in a seat having a seat back, said device adapted to be used at the back of the head of an individual between the head of said individual and said seat back for accommodating the natural movement of the head of an individual during normal sleep patterns, comprising:
- a pillow having an aperture therethrough and a smooth backing for said pillow attached to said pillow at the back thereof, said backing covering said aperture and providing a smooth surface to permit the sliding of said pillow over said seat back and to permit the movement of the head of said individual within said aperture during said normal sleep patterns, said pillow being in the form of a torus, said torus including two disks of elastomeric material each having a central aperture therethrough, means for sealing the periphery of said two disks together and means for sealing the annuli of said two disks together.
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