Multi-use therapeutic pillow
OwnerBridget Wattersinventor
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Abstract
A multi-use therapeutic pillow for the head includes a cushioned frame having a central cavity that extends therethrough. A cushioned transverse member, operably coupled to the cushioned frame at its opposite ends, divides the central cavity into a lower cavity and an upper cavity. The lower cavity is larger than the upper cavity. In use, the multi-use therapeutic pillow is configured to protect and/or avoid contact with a sensitive anatomical structure, such as, the eyes, ears, nose, or mouth, while providing adequate support for the head.
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A multi-use therapeutic pillow which is susceptive of supporting a user's entire head in a variety of different presentations, while protecting and avoiding contact with a variety of different potentially sensitive anatomical components of the user's head, such as the user's eyes, ears, nose, lips, cheek, and chin, the pillow comprising:
- a cushioned frame having opposite ends and a central cavity therein, the cushioned frame including spaced-apart left side and right side cushioned members at the opposite ends and between which extend and are coupled thereto upper and lower cushioned members spaced from and on opposite sides of the central cavity;
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- a cushioned transverse member operably coupled to the left side and right side cushioned members of the cushioned frame at the opposite ends and dividing the central cavity into a lower cavity and an upper cavity, the lower cavity being larger than the upper cavity, such that the upper cavity is sized to receive a first type of sensitive anatomical components of the user's head and the lower cavity is sized to receive a second type of sensitive anatomical components of the user's head larger than the first type of sensitive anatomical components when the user's head is entirely supported by the cushioned frame and the cushioned transverse member,
- wherein each of the left side and right side cushioned members, the upper and lower cushioned members, and the cushioned transverse member includes closed ends and a sidewall extending between the closed ends to define an elongate shape, and the closed ends of the upper and lower cushioned members and of the cushioned transverse member are fixed to the sidewalls of the left side and right side cushioned members such that the upper and lower cavities extend between the sidewalls of the left side and right side cushioned members, and the lower cavity is larger than the upper cavity as a result of a first fixed spacing defined between the closed ends of the lower cushioned member and the cushioned transverse member being larger as compared to a second fixed spacing defined between the closed ends of the upper cushioned member and the cushioned transverse member.
A method of using a multi-use therapeutic pillow, the multi-use therapeutic pillow comprising a cushioned frame having opposite ends and a central cavity therein, and a cushioned transverse member operably coupled to the cushioned frame at the opposite ends and dividing the central cavity into a lower cavity and an upper cavity, the lower cavity being larger than the upper cavity, the method comprising:
- positioning a first type of sensitive anatomical components of a user's head proximate a selected one of the upper and lower cavities, a size of the selected one of the upper and lower cavities being greater than a size of the first type of sensitive anatomical components;
- resting the user's head entirely on the cushioned frame and the cushioned transverse member such that the first type of sensitive anatomical components is received by the selected one of the upper and lower cavities;
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- repositioning the therapeutic pillow relative to the user's head such that a second type of sensitive anatomical components of the user's head larger than the first type of sensitive anatomical components is received in the other of the upper and lower cavities while the user's head rests entirely on the cushioned frame and the cushioned transverse member, a size of the other of the upper and lower cavities being greater than a size of the second type of sensitive anatomical components.
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