Method for manufacturing support pillows
AssigneeThe Boppy Company, LLC
InventorsSusan H. Matthews Brown, Sheila Littlehorn
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for making a pillow comprises cutting at least one piece of fabric to form a pair of skins that each comprise a midsection and two arm sections. The two skins are sewn together near their outer edges except for a portion of the mid section to form a shell defining and interior and having a middle region with an opening into the interior and two opposing arms extending from the middle region to form a well region. A fill material is blown into the interior of the shell until the pillow has a firmness defined by an IFD of at least about 20 Newtons with 25% deflection, and the opening in the middle region is closed.
Claims18
A method for making a pillow, the method comprising:
- cutting at least one piece of fabric to form a pair of skins that each comprise a midsection and two arm sections;
- sewing the two skins together near their outer edges except for a portion of the mid section to form a shell defining a continuous interior and having a middle region with an opening into the interior at the unsewn outer edges of the skins and two opposing arms extending from the middle region to form a well region;
- blowing a fill material into the interior of the shell through the opening in the middle region until the pillow has a firmness defined by an IFD of at least about 20 Newtons with 25% deflection;
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- closing the opening in the middle region.
A method for making a pillow, the method comprising:
- cutting at least one piece of fabric to form a pair of skins that each comprise a midsection and two arm sections;
- sewing the two skins together near their outer edges except for a portion of the mid section to form a shell defining a continuous interior and having a middle region with an opening into the interior at the unsewn outer edges of the skins and two opposing arms extending from the middle region to form a well region;
- inserting a nozzle through the opening of the middle region and into one of the arms and blowing fill material into the arm;
- moving the nozzle to the other arm and blowing fill material into the other arm;
- moving the nozzle to the middle region and blowing fill material into the middle region;
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- closing the opening in the middle region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.