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US 9,427,087 B2Granted
Travel pillow
OwnerVictoria Clarke, Barbara Richterinventors
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Abstract
The invention is a travel pillow constructed so a user can affix the pillow to a vehicle window or other smooth surface by using suction cups or any other location where a user may wish for a padded surface. The pillow is constructed so it is easily configured in multiple ways using magnets sewn within the cushions, constructed so the side cushions are thicker than its central cushions to provide a comfortable position for a user's head to rest.
Claims8
A travel pillow comprising:
- a plurality of upper cushion regions formed longitudinally along the travel pillow from a top end of the travel pillow, wherein each upper cushion region includes at least one pillow cushion including an outer peripheral cushion liner surrounding an inner cushion filling, and wherein each upper cushion region includes a pair of oppositely polarized magnets with one magnet on each side of a longitudinal centerline of the travel pillow, and wherein each of the upper cushion region magnets on each side of longitudinal centerline of the travel pillow have the same polarity;
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- a lower cushion region formed at a bottom end of the travel pillow and coupled to a lowermost upper cushion region, wherein the lower cushion region includes at least one pillow cushion including an outer peripheral cushion liner surrounding an inner cushion filling, and wherein the lower cushion region includes a pair of oppositely polarized magnets with one magnet on each side of the longitudinal centerline of the travel pillow, and wherein each magnet of the lower cushion region has an opposite polarity from the upper cushion region magnets on the same side of longitudinal centerline of the travel pillow, whereby the travel pillow accommodates multiple reconfigurations including a reconfiguration in which each magnet pair of each cushion region are magnetically coupled together and a plurality of reconfigurations in which the pair of lower cushion region magnets are magnetically coupled to one of the pairs of magnets in one of the upper cushion regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.