Baby headrest
OwnerMichael Rieberinventor
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Abstract
A headrest designed for an infant. The headrest has a sleeve with flat top and bottom surfaces. The inner cavity of the sleeve is filled with a dry, visco-elastic polymer cushioning material having a 50% compression force deflection in a range of 2.5 to 3.5 psi. The cushioning material also has a 25% compression force deflection in a range of 0.25 psi to 1 psi. The sleeve has a dimension of between 3 inches to 12 inches and is between ¼ inch and 2 inches thick. The sleeve has a specialized cover to protect it from dirt and damage. The cover contains an opening and closing mechanism to allow insertion and removal of the polymer filled sleeve.
Claims12
A baby headrest, comprising:
- a sleeve having a flat top surface and a bottom surface;
- a dry, visco-elastic polymer cushioning material disposed within said sleeve having a diameter of about 6 inches, and said cushioning material having a 25% compression force deflection in a range of 0.25 psi to 1 psi and a 50% compression force deflection in a range of 0.5 to 0.8 psi, and said cushioning material having a compression set characteristic such that after being compressed to 50% of an original thickness for 22 hours, the material returns to 100% of the original thickness and wherein the original thickness in a range of 0.25 inches to 1 inches in order to provide a headrest which is thin enough for use by an infant, small enough to be placed in any crib or a child car seat, and soft enough to prevent flat headedness, as well as eliminating the need for head supporting contours.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.