Supporting devices to enhance user comfort in a seated position
AssigneeIpnos Technologies LLC
InventorsRabih Bachir Zaouk, Pere Margalef-Valldeperez
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Abstract
The disclosure herein provides compact portable head supporting devices that secure a user's head in a position sufficient to enhance the user's comfort in a seated position. A head supporting device comprises a first member configured to be at least partially sandwiched between a user and a seat, a support apparatus configured to support a head of the user relative to the first member, and a coupling member configured to couple the support apparatus to the first member, the coupling member further configured to enable repositioning of the support apparatus with respect to the first member.
Claims16
A head supporting device comprising:
- a first member configured to be at least partially sandwiched between a user and a seat;
- a support apparatus configured to at least partially support the head of the user relative to the first member;
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- a coupling member configured to couple the support apparatus to the first member, the coupling member further configured to enable positioning of the support apparatus with respect to the first member,
- wherein the coupling member connects to the support apparatus at a first joint and the coupling member connects to the first member at a second joint,
- wherein at least one of the first joint and the second joint comprises a first half and a second half, each of the first half and the second half comprising alternating fingers and interstitial spaces, and
- wherein the fingers of the first half are configured to mesh with the fingers of the second half along an axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.