A pillow case providing the usual slip-over cover for a conventional pillow has, over one of its rectangular areas a strip of fabric, generally a contrasting and warmer material that is stitched to one long edge of the pillow case but is of a width somewhat more than half but less than the full width of the pillow case so that the other long edge of the strip is free. The ends of the strip are attached by stitching to the two ends of the pillow case, and there are pleats in the strip clear of the smooth flat central area of the strip. Desirably the strip is cut from a continuous bolt of cloth in the form of alternately reversed trapezoids with the cloth cut diagonally to form the diverging edges of the trapezoids while the original edges of the fabric form the parallel long sides of the trapezoid. The right angle triangulated areas of the strips so formed have those edges forming the hypotenuse of the respective triangles are the end edges that are stitched to the ends of the pillow case and these areas are folded in on a bisector of the triangular areas to form a pleat at each end of the other wise flat strip. The strip thus provided may normally lie flat over the pillow case but may be opened out to form a pocket by which most of the head of the sleeper is covered for protection from cold, draughts and unwanted light.
A pillow case head cover made from a single piece of material (30) folded and joined in a method so as to create two primary envelopes. Each primary envelope (44) and (44') containing an opposing secondary envelope (46) and (46'). The primary envelope (48) containing the pillow becomes the pillow case while the other primary envelope becomes the head cover flap (48'). The two primary envelopes with their secondary envelopes therein are the mirror image of each other and therefore interchangeable. The head cover flap (48') may have inserted within a material for additional warmth. Secondary envelopes (46) and (46') assist in holding the respective primary envelope contents in place. Ramifications of the pillow case head cover diversify envelope contents to include, blankets, cushions, towels, rain gear, etc., with embodiments to include size variations and inclusion of conveyance means.
In accordance with the invention, a pouch pillow construction is described which comprises, a base pillow including a cover and casing, and an overlying pillow including a cover and casing. The base and overlying pillows are sewn along three adjacent sides and open on a fourth side to form a pouch into which a person's head can be conveniently inserted to gain warmth and mask light, both of which surprisingly combine permit a person to sleep deeply. But the person head can rest atop both the base and overlaying pillows without using the pouch if the restee so chooses. The casing of the overlying pillow can also include a layer of light impregnable material to mask light, such material along with the casing being light weight to prevent heat loss without using high weight that could disturb the sleeping process. In that regard, the ratio of the thicknesses of the base pillow to the overlaying material is in the range of 2 to 6 wherein the thickness of the overlaying pillow ranges from 3/4 to 11/2 inches at the center thereof.
