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US 6,684,429 B1Granted
Beach pillow
OwnerWilliam Deeringinventor
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Abstract
An inflatable beach pillow is provided with a water compartment that can be filled to anchor the pillow in place, and also has a sand pocket that can alternatively be filled with sand to serve as a weighting material. The sand pocket will slip over the back of a chair to allow the inflatable pillow to serve as a headrest.
Claims7
An inflatable weightable beach pillow comprising:
- a generally rectangular flexible base sheet having opposite side edges and arranged to be folded about a fold line extending between its side edges;
- a first flexible sheet section sealed about its periphery to a first portion of said base sheet on one side of said fold line to define an inflatable air compartment for providing a pillow;
- a second flexible sheet section sealed about its periphery to a second portion of said base sheet on the other side of said fold line to provide a fillable water compartment for weighting the beach pillow;
- an air valve communicating with the air compartment for inflating and deflating it;
- a closure valve communicating with the water compartment for filling and draining it;
- and
- said first and second portions of said base sheet defining a pocket having an open end for selectively receiving an alternate weighting material.
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An inflatable weightable beach pillow comprising:
- a generally rectangular flexible base sheet having opposite side edges,
- a generally rectangular pocket sheet overlying said base sheet, said base sheet and said pocket sheet being folded together about a fold line extending between said side edges with the base sheet on the inside and sealed together along the side edges to provide a sand pocket;
- said pocket sheet including a first flexible sheet section sealed about its periphery to a first portion of said base sheet on one side of said fold line to define an inflatable air compartment for providing a pillow and including a second flexible sheet section sealed about its periphery to a second portion of said base sheet on the other side of said fold line to provide a fillable water compartment for weighting the beach pillow;
- an air valve communicating with the air compartment for inflating and deflating it;
- a closure valve communicating with the water compartment for filling and draining it;
- and
- said sand pocket being dimensioned to fit over the back of a chair to hold the pillow in place when it is not being used as a weighted beach pillow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.