Weighted sleep mask
View Patent ↗The eye covering includes an elongated sleeve filled with media, such as beads. The sleeve is divided into separate cells. Preferably two central cells are provided for covering the eyes with two lateral cells provided for covering ears. End structures on the sleeve are configured with a retainer to allow the end structures to be attached together. One form of retainer is a slit in one of the end structures. The other end structure is fed through this slit so that the sleeve is formed into a circuit which can fit around the head. Another optional retainer includes a loop, such as a tag, joined to one of the end structures with a gap beneath the tag. A strap can join lateral edges of the eye covering to provide a sleep mask embodiment.
1. A sleep mask, comprising in combination:
an elongate sleeve extending from a first tip to a second tip, with media contained within at least portions of said sleeve;
a first end of a strap adjacent to said first tip;
a second end of said strap adjacent to said second tip;
said strap configured to be long enough to gird a head of a user; and
wherein said elongate sleeve includes two central cells spaced apart by a central divider seam, said two central cells extending up to top lateral facets and extending down to bottom lateral facets, a nose arch located within one of said bottom lateral facets, said nose arch adjacent to said central divider seam, said top lateral facets and said bottom lateral facets being mirror images of each other about a horizontal centerline, such that said eye covering is reversible about said horizontal center line, and with media beads located within each of said two central cells.
2. The sleep mask of claim 1 wherein said strap is elastic.
3. The sleep mask of claim 2 wherein said strap is resilient enough to cause said cells to be configured to remain upon a head of a user when the head is upright.
4. The sleep mask of claim 1 wherein said plurality of fabric cells includes two central cells and two lateral cells, with opposite edges of said two lateral cells attached to said ends of said strap.
5. The sleep mask of claim 1 wherein a pair of complementary hook and loop fasteners are interposed on said strap at a break between two halves of said strap, with one of said pair of complemental hook and loop fasteners attached to a first half of the strap and another of said pair of complemental hook and loop fasteners attached to a second half of the strap.
6. The sleep mask of claim 1 wherein said media beads are weighted.
7. The sleep mask of claim 1 wherein said media beads are steel.