No shift chambered body pillow
View Patent ↗A body pillow includes an outer enclosure, first, second and third chambers disposed within the outer enclosure, the first and second chambers disposed adjacent to one another, and the second and third chambers disposed adjacent to one another, each of the first, second and third chambers adapted to be filled by respective filling material, a first baffle disposed between the first and second chambers, and a second baffle disposed between the second and third chambers, the first and second baffles adapted to prevent filling material within each of the first, second and third chambers from shifting to an adjacent one of the chambers. Beneficially, among other benefits, the body pillow's baffles prevent filling material disposed within each of the chambers from shifting to adjacent chambers, both during normal use of the body pillow and during washing.
1. A pillow, comprising:
a plurality of internal chambers, each of the chambers having respective substantially solid filling material therein;
a baffle disposed between adjacent ones of the chambers and adapted to prevent filling material within one of the chambers from moving to an adjacent chamber; and
an outer enclosure in which the plurality of internal chambers are disposed, the outer enclosure over each of the internal chambers having edges approaching the baffle that curve inward along the entire periphery of the baffle to produce an external appearance of a plurality of pillows disposed in a side-by-side and contacting arrangement wherein each of the chambers includes a respective chamber access opening adapted to be selectively opened and closed, the respective chamber being accessible to enable a substantially solid filling material to be inserted into or removed from the respective chamber when the respective chamber access opening is opened, and the respective chamber not being accessible when the respective chamber access opening is closed.
2. The pillow of claim 1 , wherein each of the chambers of the pillow has the same dimensions.
3. The pillow of claim 1 , wherein the filling material within a first of the chambers is of a type different from the filling material within a second of the chambers.
4. A pillow, comprising:
an outer enclosure;
first, second and third chambers disposed within the outer enclosure, the first and second chambers disposed adjacent to one another, and the second and third chambers disposed adjacent to one another, each of the first, second and third chambers filled by substantially solid filling material;
a first baffle disposed between the first and second chambers and a second baffle disposed between the second and third chambers, the first and second baffles adapted to prevent filling material within each of the first, second and third chambers from shifting to an adjacent one of the chambers; and
the outer enclosure over each of the chambers having edges approaching a respective one of the first and second baffles that curve inward along the entire periphery of the baffle to produce an external appearance of a plurality of pillows disposed in a side-by-side and contacting arrangement wherein each of the chambers includes a respective chamber access opening adapted to be selectively opened and closed, the respective chamber being accessible to enable a substantially solid filling material to be inserted into or removed from the respective chamber when the respective chamber access opening is opened, and the respective chamber not being accessible when the respective chamber access opening is closed.
5. The pillow of claim 4 , wherein the first, second and third chambers has the same dimensions.
6. The pillow of claim 4 , wherein the first and third chambers have the same first length, and the second chamber has a length substantially longer than the first length.
7. The pillow of claim 4 , wherein filling material within a first of the chambers is of a type different from filling material within a second of the chambers.
8. The pillow of claim 4 , wherein the first, second and third chambers are disposed along a single axis extending along a length of the outer enclosure of the pillow.
9. The pillow of claim 4 , wherein each of the internal chambers has a round cross-section and the baffle has a round shape with a diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the internal chambers.