Disclosed are resiliently compressible pillows adapted to support a temple and a facial cheek of one of the symmetrical sides of a person's head who is reclining hemiside upon one upper-arm against a sleeping bed or other horizontal reclining surface. Noteworthy pillow contours include a facerest, a longitudinal channel to accommodate the person's shoulder and including a chin-restraint at the channel leading-end on the pillow front-wing, and a pillow frontal contoured cutaway to leave the subject's frontal vision unobstructed and also adapted to removably accommodate a pan accessory for collecting nasal and oral fluids. Other pillow features might include a dual-channels and symmetrical embodiment whereby the user might recline hemiside against his left or his right upper-arm, and an endward-recess adapted to removably accommodate the vanguard of a backrest accessory.
Disclosed are plural segments cushiony pillows, preferably in the form of three hingedly connected independent cushiony segments, to comfortably nestle, and yet firmly support, the head and the neck of hemiside reclining persons. With the preferred three pillow segments being employed, the medially positioned primary segment is larger than the flanking secondary and tertiary segments, the secondary segment being larger than the tertiary segment. The plural segments head and neck cushiony supportive device has numerous utilitarian advantages including: for geriatric care, for the prevention of snoring, and generally speaking for the promotion of good hemiside reclining posture thus enhancing comfortable sleeping and resting.
An ergonomic pillow assembly utilized to provide relaxing comfort and rest to a person having an upper torso problem with pain through the head, neck, and spinal assembly. The ergonomic pillow assembly includes 1) a head support assembly; 2) a thoracic support assembly connected to the head support assembly; 3) a waist and lumbar support assembly connected to the thoracic support assembly; and 4) an audio transmitter assembly to provide audio sound to the users thereof. The head support assembly includes 1) a head support member; 2) a side cervical support member; and 3) a rear cervical support member operable to provide the proper support to a skull member of the user thereof. The thoracic support assembly includes 1) a thoracic support member; 2) a thoracic cage retainer member; and 3) a shoulder cut-out and retainer area operable to receive a shoulder portion of the user thereof. The waist and lumbar support assembly includes a waist support member and a lumbar support member operable to hold the waist and lumbar portion of a user thereof in a neutral and comfortable support position. The audio transmitter assembly includes a speaker resonating chamber in the head support member operable to receive a pair of stereo speaker members therein.
A pillow is shaped to encourage a sleeper to sleep on a side, rather than on the back. This is accomplished by providing a pair of arms extending forwardly from a head support. The arms are spaced apart less than the width of the sleeper's shoulders so it is uncomfortable for the sleeper to roll over onto the back. The arms are spaced from the edges of the pillow to provide for a side ramp, inclined upwardly toward the head support, to receive the forearm of the sleeper.
This invention relates to a pillow so designed as to allow a person to sleep comfortably in a prone position. The pillow is shaped to relieve pressure on the sleeper's eyes, nose, throat, shoulders and blood vessels and glands of the neck. Several of the most common causes of snoring are eliminated, so a person sleeps more soundly and quietly.
A device for maintaining the body, for use as a pillow, includes at least one surface (1) for supporting the head and a central clearance (2) defining two side surfaces (3a, 3b) extending the support surface. The pillow has a length (L) not less than the body measurements of an adult user from the lower ribs to the ear, thereby adjusting the pillow support surface on the body in all positions of use.
