A multi-dimensional pillow comprising a core having a cross sectional thickness gradient along one dimension and at least one geometric piece attached to the core parallel to the direction of the thickness gradient. When the user is in the back-lying position, the geometric piece maintains either the normal lordotic curve of the neck or flexion of the neck and the thickness gradient biases the head in the downslope direction causing a controlled rotation of the head resulting in a traction effect on the upslope side of the neck. The traction effect is due to the coupled easy natural biomechanical motions of side bending and side rotation of the neck to the same side.
A pillow for a burial casket. The pillow is formed of a trapezoidal cross section, head block, four trapezoidal shoulder blocks that are detachable from the head block and a covering pad having a concave undersurface into which the head and shoulder blocks nest. A fabric pillow case has a transverse zipper at its upper end which is normally covered by a fabric. The zipper provides access into the interior of the pillow so as to remove and/or adjust the several blocks in order to present the deceased as attractively as possible.
A pillow is of rectangular form having front and rear rolls (17,18) at its longer sides and side rolls at its shorter sides, upper and lower surfaces (15, 16) of the pillow having respective large, central recessed areas (19, 20) between the front and rear rolls, the rolls being interrupted by minor recesses (21, 22 21a, 22a30, 31) extending from respective sides of the pillow into the central recessed areas of the upper and lower surfaces respectively, the front and rear rolls forming on each surface a central main buttress and together with the side rolls forming four corner buttresses, side buttresses also being formed between pairs of adjacent corner buttresses respectively, the side buttresses tapering in width and height away from their respective associated sides of the pillow into a central recessed area (19, 20).
An assembly for immobilizing the head of a trauma victim intended to be positioned on a stretcher board. The device includes a first sheet of flexible material which is to be mounted so that, when it is affixed to the board, a pair of normally-flaccid, open-sided loops are defined therein. The loops are intended to be at locations which straddle an intended location of the trauma victim's head. A pair of compressible blocks are also included. Each block is intended to be received within one of the normally-flaccid, open-sided loops. A block can be easily inserted into, and removed from, its corresponding loop because the loops are open-sided in nature. When the compressible blocks are received within the loops and constrained thereby, the blocks, together, define a seat in which the head of the trauma victim can be positioned.
5138732 - Pillows - Owned by National Research Development Corporation (London,GB2)
A pillow is of rectangular form and formed by adhering together a top part and base part, the top part being of a softer material than that of the base part. The base part has front and rear rolls at its longer sides and side rolls at its shorter sides, upper and lower surfaces of the pillow having respective large, central recessed areas between the front and rear rolls, the rolls being interrupted by minor recesses extending from respective sides of the pillow into the central recessed areas of the upper and lower surfaces respectively, the front and rear rolls forming on each surface a central main buttress and together with the side rolls forming four corner buttresses, side buttresses also being formed between pairs of adjacent corner buttresses respectively, the side buttresses tapering in width and height away from their respective associated sides of the pillow into a central recessed area. The whole of the upper surface of the top part is smooth and its lower surface is adhered to the upper surface of the top part only around their respective perimeters. A large, central void space is defined between the top and base parts in an undeformed state of the pillow.
A health pillow having both magnetic effect and manual pressure effect and further having good air permeability, which comprises a hollow pillow body consisting of a foamed synthetic resin; a large number of permanent magnets distributedly arranged on the upper surface of the pillow body; and a cover material covering the pillow body and the permanent magnets. The said hollow pillow body has a large number of projections, which consist of the foamed synthetic resin itself and are distributedly arranged on its upper surface such that each permanent magnet is arranged between the projections, and further has a large number of projections consisting of the foamed resin itself distributedly arranged on its bottom surface. The hollow pillow body further has vent holes distributedly formed so as to communicate the outside of the hollow pillow body with the hollow portion formed inside the body.
