Body support - Patent Review 5918933

Claims

We claim:

1. A support adapted for supporting a person, the support comprising:

an upper support adapted to support an upper portion of the person, including the head, wherein the support has a central support and left and right upper supports extending left and right of the central support;

a substantially, rigid backing member removably received in a pocket formed on each of the left and right upper supports, wherein each said backing member is adapted to support the head, wherein said backing members are adapted to be accessible to a user, and wherein each backing member has an arcuate outer body defined by a concave side and a convex side extending between two ends thereof; and a lower support extending at least from the central support and adapted to seat the lower portion of the person.

2. A support according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower supports are adapted for positioning on a seat having a seat portion and a back portion such that the upper support is on the back portion and the lower support is on the seat portion and such that the left and right supports are angled relative to the central support so that they substantially face toward each other.

3. A support according to claim 2, wherein the lower support comprises a seat portion and left and rights extension extending left and right of the seat portion of the lower support, and wherein the seat portion of the lower support is adapted for use with a seat having side arms such that the left and right extension of the lower support are adapted for covering the side arms of the seat.

4. A support according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the concave side of each backing member substantially follows the surface of the convex side of that backing member.

5. A support according to claim 4, wherein at least each of the left and right upper supports includes a cushion facing the convex side of the respective backing member.

6. A support according to claim 5, wherein at least each of the left and right upper supports includes a cushion facing the concave side of the respective backing member.

7. A support according to claim 1, wherein each backing member is semi-cylindrical and formed of a plastic material.

8. A head support comprising:

a base member adapted for supporting a user's head;

at least one pair of pockets formed on the base member in an area for supporting the user's head and; a pair of substantially spaced apart rigid backing members each of the rigid backing members being removably positioned in a respective one of the pockets for supporting a user's head, and each of the rigid backing members being arcuate and having an outer surface, the outer surface having a concave side and a convex side.

9. A head support according to claim 8, wherein the base member has two discrete pockets and two discrete substantially rigid backing members,