IP Library Granted Patent US 8,434,176
Granted Patent B1
US 8,434,176 · App. 13/562,575 · Granted May 7, 2013

Back support pillow system

Inventor: Raymond M. Harrison (Douglasville, GA)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,434,176
App. No.
13/562,575
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A pillow kit for providing comfort to user featuring a back support pillow system for positioning a user's back in a comfortable position, a C-shaped neck pillow adapted to wrap around a user's neck; and a cylindrical knee pillow adapted to be placed under a user's knees. The back support pillow system features a base pillow with a head indentation, two opposing wings for supporting the user's arms, and a removable lumbar support bar.

Claims (13)

1. A pillow kit for providing comfort to user, said pillow kit system consisting of:

(a) a back support pillow system ( 100 ) for positioning a user's back in a comfortable position, said back support pillow system ( 100 ) comprising:

(i) a base pillow ( 110 ) having a head end ( 111 ), a leg end ( 112 ), a middle region ( 118 ) between the head end ( 111 ) and the leg end ( 112 ), a first arm end ( 113 ), a second arm end ( 114 ), a top surface ( 115 ), and a bottom surface ( 116 );

(ii) a head indentation ( 120 ) disposed in the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ) in between the head end ( 111 ) and the middle region ( 118 ), the head indentation ( 120 ) is positioned about halfway between the first arm end ( 113 ) and the second arm end ( 114 ), the head indentation ( 120 ) has an bottommost point ( 122 ), the bottommost point ( 122 ) is at least ½ inch below the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ), the head indentation ( 120 ) is adapted to accept a portion of a user's head, wherein except for the head indentation ( 120 ) the base pillow has uniform thickness;

(iii) a pair of opposing wings ( 130 a , 130 b ), a first wing ( 130 a ) extends from the first arm end ( 113 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ) and a second wing ( 130 b ) extends from the second arm end ( 114 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ), the wings provide the base pillow ( 110 ) a broader width at its middle region ( 118 ) as compared to its head end ( 111 ) and leg end ( 112 ), the wings ( 130 a , 130 b ) are adapted to support a user's arms, the first wing ( 130 a ) has an outer edge ( 134 a ) and a lower end ( 132 a ) and the second wing ( 130 b ) has an outer edge ( 134 b ) and a lower end ( 132 b ), the base pillow ( 110 ) has an even surface extending from the outer edge ( 134 a ) of the first wing ( 130 a ) to the outer edge ( 134 b ) of the second wing ( 130 b );

(iv) a lumbar support bar ( 140 ) removably attachable to a first half attachment means ( 150 a ) disposed on the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ) in between the leg end ( 112 ) and the middle region ( 118 ), the lumbar support bar ( 140 ) is half-cylindrical in shape with a flat end ( 142 ) and a curved end ( 143 ), a second half attachment means ( 150 b ) is disposed on the flat end ( 142 ), the second half attachment means ( 150 b ) engages the first half attachment means ( 150 a ) on the base pillow ( 110 ), when the lumbar support bar ( 140 ) is attached to the base pillow ( 110 ) the curved end ( 143 ) extends upwardly from the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ), the lumbar support bar ( 140 ) is adapted to support a user's lumbar vertebrae, wherein a plane A which separates the lower ends ( 132 ) of the wings ( 130 ) from the lumbar support bar ( 140 ) wherein the lumbar support bar ( 140 ) is positioned at a location adjacent to plane A and the lower ends ( 132 ) of the wings ( 130 ) are positioned at a location adjacent to plane A opposite the lumbar support bar ( 140 );

(b) a C-shaped neck pillow ( 160 ) adapted to wrap around a user's neck; and

(c) a cylindrical knee pillow ( 170 ) adapted to be placed under a user's knees.

2. The system ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein the bottommost point ( 122 ) is at least 3 inches below the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ).

3. The system ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein the bottommost point ( 122 ) is at least 1 inch below the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ).

4. The system ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein the bottommost point ( 122 ) is at least 2 inches below the top surface ( 115 ) of the base pillow ( 110 ).

5. The system ( 100 ) of claim 4 , wherein the first half attachment means ( 150 a ) and the second half attachment means ( 150 b ) are hook-and-loop fasteners.

6. The system ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein the base pillow ( 110 ) is constructed from a material comprising foam ( 180 ).