Travel headrest
OwnerStanley Hurwitzinventor
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Abstract
A travel headrest comprises a right side and a left side. The right side of the headrest includes a right side occipital support portion and a right side mandible portion which extends outwardly from the right side occipital support portion. When a person leans against the right side occipital portion the right side mandible support portion exerts a force against the person's mandible and thereby provides support to the mandible. The left side of the headrest includes a left side occipital support portion and a left side mandible portion which extends outwardly from the left side occipital support portion. When a person leans against the left side occipital portion the left side mandible support portion exerts a force against the person's mandible and thereby provides support to the mandible.
Claims18
A travel headrest comprising:
- a right side formed from a right side cushion, the right side cushion having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite of the first longitudinal edge, the right side cushion being twisted such that a point on the first longitudinal edge of the right side cushion is connected to a point on the second longitudinal edge of the right side cushion so as to define a right side occipital support portion and a right side mandible support portion which extends outwardly from the right side occipital support portion, the right side occipital support portion having a front and a rear, and the right side mandible support portion extending outwardly from the front of the right side occipital support portion;
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- a left side formed from a left side cushion, the left side cushion having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite of the first longitudinal edge, the left side cushion being twisted such that a point on the first longitudinal edge of the left side cushion is connected to a point on the second longitudinal edge of the left side cushion so as to define a left side occipital support portion and a left side mandible support portion which extends outwardly from the left side occipital support portion, the left side occipital support portion having a front and a rear, and the left side mandible support portion extending outwardly from the front of the left side occipital support portion.
A travel headrest comprising:
- a deformable kidney shaped cushion having a concave edge and a convex edge opposite to the concave edge;
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- a connection means for retaining the cushion in a deformed configuration wherein the cushion is twisted so that a point on the concave edge of the cushion is connected to a point on the convex edge of the cushion so as to define an occipital support portion and a mandible support portion which extends outwardly from the occipital support portion, the occipital support portion having a front and a rear, and the mandible support portion extending outwardly from the front of the occipital support portion.
A method of constructing a travel headrest, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a deformable kidney shaped cushion having a concave edge and a convex edge opposite to the concave edge;
- twisting the cushion into a deformed configuration wherein a point on the concave edge of the cushion is connected to a point on the convex edge of the cushion so as to define an occipital support portion and a mandible support portion which extends outwardly from the occipital support portion;
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- securing the point on the concave edge of the cushion to the point on the convex edge of the cushion so as to retain the cushion in the deformed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.