# US 9,038,220 B2 · Support pillows > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,220 B2 - Document ID: US9038220B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/488,341 - Filed: 2014-09-17 - Published: 2015-04-02 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-10-01 - Assignees: Bbcompany AS - Applicants: Bbcompany AS - Inventors: Elisabeth Christina Aas-Jakobsen; Ann Kristin Sveinsvoll Homdrum; Hilde Sjo Tavares; Marius Andresen; Rolf Blomvagnes; Kevin Geers - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038220B2 ## CPC - A47D 13/08: Devices for use in guiding or supporting children, e.g. safety harness - A47C 7/425: {Supplementary back-rests to be positioned on a back-rest or the like} - A47C 20/025: {Supports specially adapted for pregnant women} - A47D 13/083: {Baby feeding cushions} - A47G 9/10: Pillows (pillow holders A47C21/00, {A47C21/026}; specially adapted for preventing snoring A61F5/56) - A47G 9/1045: {shaped as, combined with, or convertible into other articles, e.g. dolls, sound equipments, bags or the like} - A47D: FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## Abstract A support pillow includes a flexible outer sleeve and a deformable inner cushion positioned wholly inside the outer sleeve. Both the outer sleeve and inner cushion are elongate. The outer sleeve is longer than the inner cushion and defines a pair of free end portions extending beyond the inner cushion. The inner cushion is moveable inside the outer sleeve such that the length of each of the free end portions is adjustable. A gripping device can be moved along each end portion to close the outer sleeve around the inner cushion and fix the length of the free end portion extending beyond the inner cushion. The free end portions extend far enough to enable a user to connect the end portions together to fix the support pillow in a desired shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A support pillow comprising a flexible outer sleeve and a deformable inner cushion positioned wholly inside the outer sleeve, both the outer sleeve and inner cushion being elongate, wherein the outer sleeve is longer than the inner cushion and defines a pair of free end portions extending beyond the inner cushion, the inner cushion moveable inside the outer sleeve such that the length of each of the free end portions is adjustable, the free end portion extending far enough to enable a user to connect the end portions together to fix the support pillow in a desired shape, the support pillow further comprising a gripping device that can be moved along at least one of the free end portions to close the outer sleeve around the inner cushion and fix the length of the free end portion(s) extending beyond the inner cushion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, wherein the free end portions are long enough to enable a user to tie the end portions together. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A support pillow according to claim 2, wherein the free end portions extends beyond the inner cushion for a length of at least 10 cm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, wherein the inner cushion is removable from the outer sleeve. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve takes the form of an open-ended tube. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, comprising closure means to close the outer sleeve around the inner cushion and fix a length for each of the free end portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, comprising a pair of gripping devices, each gripping device movable along the outer sleeve to independently fix the length of one of the free end portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, wherein the gripping device is self locking. ### Claim 9 A support pillow comprising a flexible outer sleeve and a deformable inner cushion positioned wholly inside the outer sleeve, both the outer sleeve and inner cushion being elongate, wherein the outer sleeve is longer than the inner cushion and defines a pair of free end portions extending beyond the inner cushion, and further comprising at least one gripping device movable along one or both of the free end portions to close the outer sleeve around the inner cushion and fix a length for the free end portions extending beyond the inner cushion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A support pillow according to claim 9, comprising a pair of gripping devices, each gripping device movable along the outer sleeve to independently fix the length of one of the free end portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) A support pillow according to claim 9, wherein the at least one gripping device is self-locking. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, comprising constricting means positioned around the inner cushion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A support pillow according to claim 12, wherein the constricting means is positioned to at least partially deform the inner cushion into multiple segments. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) A support pillow according to claim 8, wherein the outer sleeve takes the form of an open-ended tube. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A support pillow according to claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve is made of flexible fabric material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A kit further comprising a support pillow according to claim 1 and one or more further outer sleeves. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A kit according to claim 16, wherein at least one further outer sleeve is non-elongate. ### Claim 18 A method of shaping a support pillow, the support pillow comprising a deformable inner cushion and a flexible outer sleeve, both the inner cushion and the outer sleeves being elongate, wherein the outer sleeve is longer than the inner cushion and defines a pair of free end portions extending beyond the inner cushion, the method comprising: moving the inner cushion movable inside the outer sleeve so as to adjust the length of each of the free end portion; and connecting the free end portions together to fix the support pillow in a desired shape. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A method according to claim 18, further comprising: selectively moving a gripping device along the outer sleeve so as to select a length of one of the free end portions.