Hooded neck pillow with adjustable face covering
The present invention provides a means to block light while resting, in particular, in a public environment such as on airplanes. A U-shaped neck pillow has a detachable hood. Attached to the inside of the hood near the face opening is a deployable face covering. The face covering is air permeable and has an interior pouch thereon for the removable placement of filters.
1 . A device for controlling external environmental conditions comprising:
a neck pillow, said neck pillow having an opening in a front side being capable of having a neck of a user inserted therein;
a removable hood comprising a fabric material, said removable hood removably attached to said neck pillow by a zipper or a hook and loop means, said removable hood being capable of partially covering a head of the user and having an opening for the face of the user; and
a deployable face covering wherein comprising an ambient light blocking and an air permeable material that allows the user to breathe through the air permeable material, an upper end of said deployable face covering attached to said removable hood, wherein said deployable face covering is attached about an interior edge of said hood, said deployable face covering is capable of being rolled up upon itself for storage when not in use on an inside of said hood, the rolled up face covering capable of exposing forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and all of the chin of the face of the user; wherein said deployable face covering is attached to an interior edge of said inside of said hood; further including a pouch formed on an inside surface of said deployable face covering by a screen or netting that forms an outer surface of the pouch, wherein a bottom end of the deployable face covering pulled down is capable for blocking ambient light to the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and chin of the face of the user; and further including a filter screen that is adaptable for use in said pouch, further including
a pull cord about the opening in the removable hood for reducing exposure for the face of the user; and further including a channel in the hood for allowing the pull cord to travel therethrough, further including
an additional storage pouch on a front face of one leg of the neck pillow, the additional pouch has an upper horizontal opening into the additional pouch, the horizontal opening being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis along the one leg of the neck pillow, and further including;
a latch hook attached to a portion of the neck pillow; and
hook and loop means attached between the face covering and the removable hood to prevent unrolling of the face covering when the face covering is not being used.
2 . A device for controlling external environmental conditions comprising: a neck pillow, said neck pillow having an opening in a front side being capable of having a neck of a user inserted therein; a removable hood comprising a fabric material, said removable hood removably attached to said neck pillow by a zipper or a hook and loop means, said removable hood being capable of partially covering a head of the user and having an opening for the face of the user; and a deployable face covering comprising an ambient light blocking and an air permeable material that allows the user to breathe through the air permeable material, said deployable face covering attached to said removable hood, wherein an upper end of said deployable face covering is attached about an interior edge of said hood, said deployable face covering is capable of being rolled up upon itself for storage when not in use on an inside of said hood; wherein said deployable face covering is attached to an interior edge of said inside of said hood; wherein the deployable face covering rolled up is capable of exposing forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and all of the chin of the face of the user, wherein an end of the deployable face covering pulled down is capable for blocking ambient light to the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and chin of the face of the user; further including a pouch formed on an inside surface of said deployable face covering by a screen or netting; and further including a filter screen having a carbon material for filtering particles, further including
a pull cord about the opening in the removable hood for reducing exposure for the face of the user; and further including a channel in the hood for allowing the pull cord to travel therethrough, further including
an additional storage pouch on a front face of one leg of the neck pillow, the additional pouch has an upper horizontal opening into the additional pouch, the horizontal opening being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis along the one leg of the neck pillow, and further including;
a latch hook attached to a portion of the neck pillow; and
hook and loop means attached between the face covering and the removable hood to prevent unrolling of the face covering when the face covering is not being used.
3 . A method of blocking ambient light during resting, said method comprising the steps of:
attaching a neck pillow with a removable hood with a deployable face covering therein about a neck of a user, the removable hood attached to the neck pillow by a zipper or a hook and loop means, the face covering comprising an ambient light blocking and an air permeable material that allows the user to breath through the air permeable material;
deploying said removable hood over a head of the user; and
deploying the deployable face covering for blocking ambient light from the forehead, eyes, nose and mouth of the face of the user, the face covering capable of being rolled up exposing forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and all of the chin of the face of the user;
further including a step of placing a filter screen in a pouch formed on an inside surface of the deployable face covering by a screen or netting, before deploying the face covering;
providing a pull cord about the opening in the removable hood for reducing exposure to the face of the user;
providing a channel in the removable hood for allowing the pull cord to travel therethrough;
providing an additional storage pouch on a front face of one leg of the neck pillow, the additional pouch has an upper horizontal opening into the additional pouch, the horizontal opening being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis along the one leg of the neck pillow;
attaching a latch hook to a portion of the neck pillow; and
providing hook and loop means attached between the face covering and the hood to prevent unrolling of the face covering when the face covering is not being used.