Portable travel mat having multiple configurations for use as cushion and/or pillow
View Patent ↗A portable mat that includes a pliable foam body having a rectangular shaped with a fabric cover. Said mat includes a plurality of fasteners disposed along each longitudinal side and tabs or other connectors that allow the first and second fasteners to be used for manually configuring the travel mat into a plurality of different individual configurations resulting in cushions, pillows, back rests at rests or lying down comfortable pillows for the user. Indicia in the form of numerals can be individually placed next to fasteners for guiding the user to establish the same previously formed configuration. The mat is lightweight for travel and can be rolled up and carried easily when traveling.
1. A portable comfortable mat that can be manually configured into multiple configurations for forming cushions and pillows of different shapes especially useful for vehicle seats including aircraft for travel, said mat manipulable and formable manually into a desired shape by rolling, bending, folding accordion or any other manipulation of the mat and said mat having fasteners that can be fastened to position said mat in a specific desired shape for individual comfort comprising:
foam pad whose length greatly exceeds its thickness;
fabric pad cover enclosing said foam pad;
said foam pad cover including a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side;
first fastening elements connected to said pad cover on said first longitudinal side and said second longitudinal side;
second fastening elements that can be individually removably attached to one or more of said first fastening elements and attached at strategic locations to said pad cover relative to said first fastener elements for removably connecting individual first fastening elements to individual second fastening elements in order to engage said pad cover along different folded portions of the longitudinal sides of said pad cover resulting in a specific configuration for the overall mat.
2. A portable mat as in claim 1 including:
said first fastening elements include identical individual fastening elements disposed along the longitudinal sides of said pad cover; and
said second fastening elements include one or more tabs, each tab having at least one or more second fasteners that can be connected to each of said first fastening elements such that each tab can be manually connected from one area of the longitudinal side of said pad cover to different areas along the longitudinal side of said pad cover.
3. A portable comfortable mat that can be manually configured into multiple configurations for forming cushions and pillows especially useful for vehicle seats including aircraft for travel and can be manipulated and formed into the comfortable mode by rolling, bending, folding accordion or any other manipulation of the material and can be fastened in position for individual comfort comprising:
rectangular foam pad whose length greatly exceeds its thickness;
fabric pad cover enclosing said foam pad;
said foam pad cover including a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side;
first fastening elements connected to said pad cover on said first longitudinal side and said second longitudinal side;
second fastening elements that can be removably attached to said first fastening elements for connecting individual first fastening elements to individual second fastening elements in order to engage said pad cover along different folded portions of the longitudinal sides of said pad cover resulting in a specific configuration for the overall mat;
said first fastening elements are buttons attached along the first and second longitudinal sides of said pad cover;
said second fastening elements include one or more elastic cords connected along the first and second longitudinal sides of said pad cover and sized in length to form loops to engage the buttons forming said first fastening elements so that the mat can be configured into multiple different shapes and sizes to provide pillows and cushions from different mat configurations.
4. A portable comfortable soft resilient pad that can be manually configured into multiple configurations for forming head rests, cushions and pillows of different shapes especially useful for vehicle seats including aircraft for travel, said pad manipulable and formable manually into a desired shape by rolling, bending, folding accordion or any other manipulation of the pad and said pad having fasteners that can be fastened in a specific desired pad shape for individual comfort comprising:
soft pad whose length exceeds its thickness;
said pad having a top longitudinal surface and a longitudinal bottom surface defined by the length and width of said pad;
first fastening elements attached to said pad on said longitudinal top surface and said longitudinal bottom surface;
second fastening elements attached to said pad longitudinal top surface and said pad longitudinal bottom surface that can be removably connected to said first fastening elements and for connecting individual first fastening elements to individual second fastening elements in order to engage said pad along different folded portions of the longitudinal top and bottom surfaces of said pad resulting in a specific configuration for the overall pad.
5. A device as in claim 4 , wherein:
said first fasteners are hook fasteners and said second fasteners are pile fasteners.
6. A device as in claim 4 , wherein:
said first and second fasteners are alternatively attached to said pad relative to each other.