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US 9,757,303 B2Granted
Therapeutic pillow
OwnerJohn Marinkovicinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides devices for neck support and correction, for example, pillows, headrests, or cushions, designed to be placed under the head and neck of a person lying in a supine or side-lying position. Such devices are useful for maintaining or improving cervical and/or thoracic spinal curvature and/or alignment and for reducing pain associated with ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae. Also provided are methods of improving cervical spinal alignment and for treating or ameliorating ailments of the neck or cervical vertebrae.
Claims7
A pillow comprising:
- a foam body having a top surface, an opposing bottom surface, a rear edge and an opposing front edge and lateral sides,
- wherein the foam body is defined by a first segment constructed for use when a user is in a supine sleeping position and a pair of adjacent second segments for use when the user is in a side-lying position, the first segment being disposed between the second segments;
- wherein the first segment has a uniform cross-sectional form and includes:
- a first region that includes the front edge, a second region adjacent the first region and a third region adjacent the second region and defining the rear edge, wherein the first region has a convex shape, the second region has a concave shape and the third region has a convex shape, the first region having a first section that extends to the front edge and has a positive slope and an adjacent second section that has a negative slope and extends to the second region, wherein the front edge has a height greater than the rear edge;
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- a plurality of ribs extending longitudinally between the lateral sides and being located exclusively within the first section of the first region which has positive slope, the second section of the first region which has negative slope being free of ribs;
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- wherein each second segment includes an arcuate shaped cut-out formed in the front edge, the arcuate shaped cut-outs being spaced apart along the front edge for receiving a shoulder of a user in the side-lying position;
- and wherein the each second segment has a step configuration comprising a pair of steps located between first and second planar portions that are located at the front edge and rear edge, respectively, of the pillow, wherein the first and second planar portions are parallel to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.