US 5,479,667 A · Ergonomic pillow assembly

Abstract

An ergonomic pillow assembly utilized to provide relaxing comfort and rest to a person having an upper torso problem with pain through the head, neck, and spinal assembly. The ergonomic pillow assembly includes 1) a head support assembly; 2) a thoracic support assembly connected to the head support assembly; 3) a waist and lumbar support assembly connected to the thoracic support assembly; and 4) an audio transmitter assembly to provide audio sound to the users thereof. The head support assembly includes 1) a head support member; 2) a side cervical support member; and 3) a rear cervical support member operable to provide the proper support to a skull member of the user thereof. The thoracic support assembly includes 1) a thoracic support member; 2) a thoracic cage retainer member; and 3) a shoulder cut-out and retainer area operable to receive a shoulder portion of the user thereof. The waist and lumbar support assembly includes a waist support member and a lumbar support member operable to hold the waist and lumbar portion of a user thereof in a neutral and comfortable support position. The audio transmitter assembly includes a speaker resonating chamber in the head support member operable to receive a pair of stereo speaker members therein.

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Dependent claims

An ergonomic pillow assembly operable to receive and support a person's head having a skull section connected to a neck portion, spinal assembly, lumbar, and waist area thereon, comprising:

a) a head support assembly to receive and support a person's skull section and neck portion connected to a thoracic support assembly which, in turn, is connected to a waist and lumbar support assembly;
b) said head support assembly and said waist and lumbar support assembly extended laterally of said thoracic support assembly;
and
c) said thoracic support assembly includes a shoulder cut-out retainer area between said head support assembly and said waist and lumbar support assembly operable to receive the person's shoulder therein when resting on the person's side.

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An ergonomic pillow assembly operable to receive and support a person's head, spinal assembly, lumbar, and waist area thereon, comprising:

a) a head support assembly having a side cervical support member operable to receive and support the person's face and jaw when resting on the person's side;
b) said head support assembly connected to a thoracic support assembly which slopes downwardly and outwardly from said head support assembly;
c) a waist and lumbar support assembly connected to said thoracic support assembly which slopes outwardly and laterally therefrom;
and
d) said thoracic support assembly includes a shoulder cut-out retainer area between said head support assembly and said waist and lumbar support assembly operable to receive the person's shoulder therein when resting on the person's side.

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A dual ergonomic pillow assembly to be supported on an upper bed mattress surface and operable to be used by two (2) persons to receive and support their respective head, spinal assembly, lumbar, and waist area thereon, comprising:

a) a pair of ergonomic pillow assemblies interconnected by a central support section;
b) each of said ergonomic pillow assemblies includes a head support assembly connected to a thoracic support assembly which, in turn, is connected to a waist and lumbar support assembly;
and
c) respective ones of said thoracic support assemblies having adjacent ones of said head support assembly and said waist and lumbar support assembly extended laterally therefrom and forming a shoulder cut-out retainer area therebetween;
whereby said shoulder cut-out retainer area is operable to receive a person's shoulder therein when resting on the person's side.

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An ergonomic pillow assembly being custom designed for a person having a predetermined shoulder width, such as 20 inches, hereinafter referred to as SW, and a spinal length, such as 30 inches, hereinafter referred to as SL, and operable to support the person's head, spinal assembly, lumbar, and waist area thereon, comprising:

a) a head support assembly;
b) a thoracic support assembly having one end connected to a center portion of said head support assembly and extended laterally therefrom;
c) a waist and lumbar support assembly connected to another end of said thoracic support assembly and extended laterally therefrom;
d) said head support assembly and said waist and lumbar support assembly having a width of 1.2 SW.+-.10 percent;
e) said thoracic support assembly having a width of 0.4 SW.+-.10 percent;
and
f) said ergonomic pillow assembly having a length of 1.07 SL.+-.10 percent.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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