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US 9,434,283 B2Granted
Head and neck supporting travel cushion
OwnerAmos Spalterinventor
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Abstract
A cushion optionally includes an interface for support on a surface and a head supporting section and a neck positioning section. The head support may include a U-shaped outwardly bowed ledge for supporting an occipital bone and/or a temporal bone. The head support may include a wall for blocking lateral movement of a temple. For example the pillow may be ready to use without reshaping by a user, for example having a substantially fixed shaped. The pillow may supply superior support and/or anterior support to a head and/or support the head from rotating forward and/or laterally.
Claims23
A travel cushion comprising:
- an interface fitting to an airplane seat back to be supported thereon;
- an anterior surface having a preuse configuration including
- a head indentation having an open anterior facing rear face, side surfaces and an upwardly curved base;
- said upwardly curved base shaped to at least partially wrap around an occipital portion of a head of a user;
- a ledge along said curved base of said head indentation for providing superior support to said occipital portion of the head of the user, said ledge bowing upward in a superior direction and outward in an anterior direction from said open anterior facing rear face;
- a central portion of said ledge having an upper surface at an angle between 65° and 110° to a longitudinal axis over a breadth of at least 1 cm in the anterior direction;
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- a neck positioning cradle having an open face and a rear surface inclining toward a posterior direction from a superior end, said superior end joined to said head indentation along said ledge.
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A travel cushion comprising:
- an interface fitting to an airplane seat back to be supported thereon;
- an anterior surface having a preuse configuration including
- a head indentation having an open anterior facing rear face, side surfaces and a upwardly curved base, said curved base shaped to at least partially wrap around an occipital portion of a head of a user;
- a ledge along said curved base of said head indentation for providing superior support to said occipital portion of the head of the user , said ledge bowing upward in a superior direction and outward in an anterior direction from said open anterior facing rear face;
- a neck positioning cradle having and open face, and a rear surface inclining toward a posterior direction from a superior end, said superior end joined to said head indentation along said ledge;
- wherein said side surfaces of said head indentation protrude to a non-uniform extent from a hindermost point of said open anterior facing rear face of said head indentation including an ear opening section located between 2 and 8.5 cm superior to an inferior point on said ledge and protruding less than 84 mm anterior to said hindermost point of said open anterior facing rear face of said head indentation and a temple prop section located superior to said ear opening and protruding further in the anterior direction than said ear opening.
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A travel cushion comprising:
- a head support having a rear face, side surfaces, and an upwardly concave base;
- a neck cradle having and open face, and a rear face inclining toward a posterior direction from a superior end joined to said upwardly concave base;
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- an occipital support ledge along a junction between said neck cradle and said head support, said occipital support ledge separating a shallow superior section of said neck cradle from a deeper base of said head support, and said occipital support ledge bowing upward and outward to be concave in the superior and anterior directions, said ledge having an upper surface providing superior directed support to occipital and temporal bones of a head resting on the travel cushion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.