Therapeutic sleep system to provide neuro musculo skeletal reeducation of the cervical spine
OwnerPatrick L. Milliganinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable pillow having an upper housing comprising a plurality of compartments, a plurality of support elements and a lower housing secured to the upper housing to keep the support elements inside the upper housing is disclosed. The support elements are configured to be positioned within one of the compartments. Each compartment has a height that is adjustable by varying the number of support elements positioned within the compartment. Preferably, the compartments include a neck support compartment, a head support compartment and a pair of side support compartments.
Claims22
An adjustable pillow, comprising:
- an upper housing comprising a plurality of compartments;
- a plurality of support elements, each support element configured to be positioned within one of the compartments, each compartment having a height that is adjustable by varying a number of support elements positioned within the compartment;
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- a lower housing secured to the upper housing to keep the support elements inside the upper housing,
- wherein the compartments comprise a neck support compartment, a head support compartment and a pair of side support compartments.
An adjustable pillow, comprising:
- an upper housing comprising a plurality of compartments;
- a plurality of support elements, each support element configured to be positioned within one of the compartments, each compartment having a height that is adjustable by varying a number of support elements positioned within the compartment;
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- a lower housing secured to the upper housing to keep the support elements inside the upper housing,
- wherein each support element has a height and wherein the heights of the support elements are not all the same.
A therapeutic sleep system, comprising:
- an upper housing comprising:
- a hollow neck support compartment and a hollow head support compartment located adjacent thereto to form a center support compartment, the center support compartment having a pair of short sides with one short side formed by a side of the neck support compartment and an opposite short side formed by a side of the head support compartment and a pair of long sides with each of the long sides being formed by a side of the head support and a side of the neck support;
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- two hollow side support compartments, one side support compartment located adjacent to one of the long sides and the other side support compartment located adjacent to the opposite long side;
- a plurality of support elements comprising:
- a plurality of neck support elements configured to be positioned within the neck support compartment to form a neck support, the neck support having a height that is adjustable by varying a number of neck support elements positioned within the neck support compartment;
- a plurality of head support elements configured to be positioned within the head support compartment, the head support having a height that is adjustable by varying a number of head support elements positioned within the head support compartment;
- a plurality of side support elements configured to be positioned within the two side support compartments to create two side supports, each of the side supports having a height that is adjustable by varying a number of side support elements positioned within the side support compartment;
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- a lower housing secured to the upper housing to keep the neck support elements, the head support elements and the side support elements inside the upper housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.