Inflatable support pillow and methods
AssigneeThe Boppy Company, LLC
InventorsSusan Matthews Brown, Susan Ganter
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Abstract
A support pillow comprises an inflatable pillow body having an interior that is adapted to be filled with a fluid to inflate the pillow body, a top side, a bottom side, and at least one wall disposed in the interior and that connects the top side to the bottom side to facilitate flattening of the top and the bottom sides when the pillow body is inflated. The pillow body further comprises a medial region and first and second opposing arms extending from the medial region, with the arms having respective first and second end portions remote from the medial region. Further, the cantilever arms are curved about a vertical axis, and the cantilever arms and medial region cooperate to define an open well.
Claims8
A support pillow, comprising:
- an inflatable pillow body having an interior that is adapted to be filled with a fluid to inflate the pillow body, a top side, a bottom side, and a plurality of walls disposed in the interior and that connects the top side to the bottom side to facilitate flattening of the top and the bottom sides when the pillow body is inflated, wherein the walls have a height in the range from about 2 inches to about 8 inches, and wherein the pillow body further comprises a medial region and first and second opposing arms extending from the medial region, wherein the arms have respective first and second end portions remote from the medial region, wherein the arms are curved about a vertical axis, and wherein the arms and medial region cooperate to define an open well, and wherein the walls extends radially outward from the well and are spaced apart by a distance in the range from about 3 inches to about 10 inches.
A method for making a support pillow, comprising:
- providing an inflatable pillow body having an interior that is adapted to be filled with a fluid to inflate the pillow body, a top side, and a bottom side, and wherein the pillow body further comprises a medial region and first and second opposing arms extending from the medial region, wherein the arms have respective first and second end portions remote from the medial region, wherein the arms are curved about a vertical axis, and wherein the arms and medial region cooperate to define an open well;
- attaching a plurality of walls to the top and bottom sides and then attaching the top side to the bottom side, and wherein the wall extends radially outward from the well, are spaced apart by a distance in the range from about 3 inches to about 10 inches, and have a height in the range from about 2 inches to about 8 inches to facilitate flattening of the top and the bottom sides when the pillow body is inflated;
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- inflating the pillow body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.