Pillow with inflatable bladder assembly
AssigneeBicor Processing Corp.
InventorAllan Berg
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Abstract
Provided is a pillow to support the head and neck of a user. The pillow includes an inflatable bladder assembly, a sheet, a fill material and a pillow casing. The inflatable bladder assembly includes an inflatable bladder. The sheet has a pocket securing the inflatable bladder. The fill material has a fold defining a first panel and a second panel of the fill material. The sheet is disposed in the fill material such that the sheet spans the first panel and the second panel and the inflatable bladder is disposed about the fold. The pillow casing secures the fill material, the sheet and the bladder, wherein the first panel and the second panel provide a friction surface to the sheet that secure the sheet and the inflatable bladder secured in the pocket within the fill material in a friction fitting.
Claims20
A pillow to support head and neck of a user, the pillow comprising:
- an inflatable bladder assembly comprising an inflatable bladder;
- a sheet having a pocket that secures the inflatable bladder;
- a fill material having a plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel, the sheet disposed in the fill material such that the sheet spans the first panel and the second panel and the inflatable bladder is disposed about a fold between the first panel and the second panel, the third panel disposed between the first panel and the second panel such that a first portion of the sheet is disposed between the first panel and the third panel, and a second portion of the sheet is disposed between the third panel and the second panel;
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- a pillow casing that secures the fill material, the sheet and the inflatable bladder, wherein the first panel, the second panel, and third panel provide a friction surface to the sheet and secure the sheet and the inflatable bladder disposed in the pocket within the fill material in a friction fitting.
A method for making a pillow to support head and neck of a person, the method comprising:
- securing an inflatable bladder of an inflatable bladder assembly in a pocket secured to a sheet;
- disposing the sheet in a fill material having plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel such that the sheet spans the first panel and the second panel and the inflatable bladder is disposed about a fold between the first panel and the second panel;
- folding the fill material about the fold such that the third panel is disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a first portion of the sheet is disposed between the first panel and the third panel, and a second portion of the sheet is disposed between the third panel and the second panel;
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- inserting the fill material, the sheet and the inflatable bladder in a pillow casing;
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- closing the pillow casing that secures the fill material, the sheet and the inflatable bladder, wherein the first panel and the second panel provide a friction surface to the sheet and secure the sheet and the inflatable bladder secured in the pocket within the fill material in a friction fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.