IP Library Granted Patent US 12,251,039
Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,039 · App. 17/723,444 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Folding pillow

Inventors: Jay Davis (Lindon, UT); Damian Dayton (Lehi, UT); Brandon Barney (Lehi, UT)
A47G9/1045
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Patent No.
US 12,251,039
App. No.
17/723,444
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folding pillow includes a top pillow section and a bottom pillow section. The top pillow section includes a first access opening, and a first internal pillow insert. The bottom pillow section includes a second access opening, and a second internal pillow insert. The folding pillow also includes a hinge section, where the folding pillow is configured to fold at the hinge section and have a folded position and an unfold position. The folding pillow also includes a sleeping panel, where the sleeping panel is covered when the folding pillow is in the folded position.

Claims (36)

1. A folding pillow comprising:

a top pillow section comprising:

a first access opening, and

a first internal pillow insert;

a bottom pillow section comprising:

a second access opening, and

a second internal pillow insert;

a hinge section, wherein the folding pillow is configured to fold at the hinge section;

wherein the folding pillow is configured to have a folded position and an unfold position;

a first flap panel, wherein the first flap panel is a rear flap panel;

a second flap panel, wherein the second flap panel is a first side flap panel, wherein the first side flap panel of the bottom pillow section is stitched to a second side flap panel of the top pillow section, wherein a union of the first and second side flap panels is in the hinge section;

a sleeping panel, wherein the sleeping panel is covered when the folding pillow is in the folded position; and

an opening between the first side flap panel, the second side flap panel, and the sleeping panel.

2. The folding pillow of claim 1 , wherein the sleeping panel comprises no seams or stitching in a central section of the sleeping panel.

3. The folding pillow of claim 2 , wherein the hinge section comprises a portion of the sleeping panel, a portion of the first side flap panel, and a portion of a second side flap panel.

4. The folding pillow of claim 1 , wherein the folding pillow is configured to have the top and bottom pillow sections match up along a closed contact edge when in a folded position.

5. The folding pillow of claim 1 , wherein the top pillow section is larger than the bottom pillow section.

6. The folding pillow of claim 1 , wherein the top pillow section is smaller than the bottom pillow section.

7. The folding pillow of claim 1 , further comprising a second opening opposite to the opening.

8. The folding pillow of claim 7 , wherein the first side panel flap comprises a first side flap tab.

9. The folding pillow of claim 8 , wherein the second side panel flap comprises a second side flap tab.

10. The folding pillow of claim 9 , wherein the first side panel flap and the second side panel flap are sewn together at the first and second side flap tabs, wherein the first and second side flap tabs are folded back into an interior of the folding pillow.

11. A folding pillow comprising:

a top pillow section comprising:

a first access opening, and

a first internal pillow insert;

a bottom pillow section comprising:

a second access opening, and

a second internal pillow insert;

a hinge section, wherein the folding pillow is configured to fold at the hinge section, wherein the folding pillow is configured to have a folded position and an unfold position; and

a sleeping panel, wherein the sleeping panel is covered when the folding pillow is in the folded position, and

wherein the folding pillow is configured to have the top and bottom pillow sections match up along a closed contact edge when in a folded position;

wherein a first side flap panel of the bottom pillow section is stitched to a second side flap panel of the top pillow section, wherein a union of the first and second side flap panels is in the hinge section; and

an opening between the first side flap panel, the second side flap panel, and the sleeping panel.

12. The folding pillow of claim 11 , wherein the first side panel flap comprises a first side flap tab and wherein the second side panel flap comprises a second side flap tab.

13. The folding pillow of claim 12 , wherein the first side panel flap and the second side panel flap are sewn together at the first and second side flap tabs, wherein the first and second side flap tabs are folded back into an interior of the folding pillow.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: PILLOW CUBE, INC.
To: HILLCREST BANK, A DIVISION OF NBH BANK
Reel/Frame 062245/0615 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: DAVIS, JAY; DAYTON, DAMIAN; BARNEY, BRANDON
To: PILLOW CUBE, INC.
Reel/Frame 060036/0038 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63176249 · Apr 17, 2021
Related Publication 20220330733A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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