Assisting passengers to sleep while sitting
AssigneesMichael Rothschild, Amit Stekel
InventorMichael Rothschild
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for helping a user rest and sleep while in an upright sitting position on a seat by providing vertical and horizontal support to the user's upper body and head. The method consists of providing a seat add-on and fitting an adjustable vest that can cling to the seat add-on at varying heights and relieve the load on the lower part of the spine, putting some of it on the armpits and some on the back ribs, and of providing a head support cushion that enables the neck to relax while sustaining the head and neck in a vertical position. The seat add-on, the vest and the cushion in combination continuously support the seated user's upper body and head vertically and horizontally, to assist the user to rest and sleep in the vertical sitting position.
Claims30
A system for selectively securing a passenger to a commercial passenger seat comprising:
- (a) a vest having a back;
- (b) a separate backrest having:
- (i) at least two fastening members adapted to removably attach said separate backrest to a commercial passenger seat;
- (ii) a surface adapted to temporarily attach to said back of said vest;
- wherein said fastening members are adapted to be fastened to a corner of a backrest of said commercial passenger seat, said separate backrest including one each of said two fastening members secured to and extending from each of two bottom corners of said separate backrest, each fastening member adapted to extend across a corner of a backrest of the commercial passenger seat and fasten to its respective corner on the separate backrest from where it is secured and extends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.