IP Library Granted Patent US 8,726,436
Granted Patent B2
US 8,726,436 · App. 13/890,483 · Granted May 20, 2014

Back sleeping only pillow

Inventor: Louisa Carlotta Wright (Castle Rock, CO)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,726,436
App. No.
13/890,483
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sleeping pillow to promote only sleeping in the supine position by keeping the said user from sleeping on their side or belly. Constructed of three components; a contoured middle section where the head and neck rest upon and two identical opposing side mounds that flank the middle section. The side mounds prevent the said user from turning their head too much to either side when sleeping in the supine position. The three components of the pillow function as one unit and are covered in a form fitted fabric case with a zipper closure.

Claims (3)

1. A pillow for assisting and training a user to remain in the supine position while asleep and in deterring a user from repositioning onto the side or belly while lying on a sleeping surface, comprising:

a contoured memory foam midsection supporting the user's head and curvature of the neck, having a highest point at a front portion of the midsection, a lowest point in a middle portion of the midsection, and a back portion of the midsection with a height between that of the highest point and the lowest point, and the midsection's front portion situated as to support the nape of user's neck while the middle portion is situated as to hold the weight and shape of user's head;

two identical opposing side mounds, in the shape of elongated half circles, flatted on a bottom and rounded at a top of, projecting vertically from each opposite end of the pillow's midsection such that when a user turns his head to one side with the intention of repositioning onto his side or belly, the process will be halted.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61744088 · Sep 18, 2012
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