Infant support pad with adjustable pillow

A support article adapted to engage an infant's head, neck and shoulders in an adjustable manner thereby to provide lateral stability to the infant's head and neck during growth of the infant comprising:

• (a) a pad adapted to be placed on a support, said pad having a first surface upon which said infant can be placed in a reposed position and a second surface opposite said first surface;
• (b) a support pillow disposed on said pad and including an arcuate central portion which is secured to said pad along less than its complete arcuate dimension, said central portion extending around a region sized and adapted to receive the infant's head when the infant is in the reposed position so that movement of said head within said region is restricted and said head is maintained in an upright position, and a free end portion disposed on opposed ends of said central portion, each said free end portion having a proximal end secured to said central portions and terminating in a free distal end;
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• (c) a first pair of cooperative first and second fasteners adapted to releasably secure each said distal end to said pad at respective outboard locations and a second pair of cooperative first and second fasteners adapted to releasably secure each said proximal end to said pad at respective inboard locations.

A support article adapted to engage an infant's head, neck and shoulders in order to provide lateral stability to the infant's head and neck, comprising:

• (a) an elongated pad having a longitudinal axis and adapted to be positioned against a support and having a first surface upon which said infant can be placed in a reposed position, said pad including a lower portion having a pair of lateral side edges and an upper portion having an upper peripheral edge extending arcuately around a majority of a circle and terminating at peripheral edge ends located laterally inwardly of said lateral side edges, said side edges respectively connected to the peripheral edge ends of said upper peripheral edge by respective inwardly extending medial edges each formed at an obtuse angle with respect to an associated one of said side edges such that said upper peripheral edge and said medial edges form a pair of opposed V-shaped cut-outs which define a medial portion of said pad between said upper portion and said lower portion with said medial portion being of reduced transverse dimension with respect thereto;
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• (b) a raised support pillow disposed on said pad alongside the upper peripheral edge to terminate proximate to said medial portion, said support pillow including a central portion extending in an arcuate configuration around a region that is sized and adapted to receive the infant's head when said infant is in the reposed position and a pair of end portions disposed on opposed ends of said central portion and projecting in laterally outward directions from one another thereby to define shoulder supports that are positionable against the infant's shoulders when the infant's head is received within said region, said end portions adapted to be supported by the infant's shoulders and said end portions and said central portion operative to provide stability to the head and neck of said infant by resisting lateral movement of said infant when said infant is in the reposed position.