A travel pillow comprises a U-shaped neck support having a rear portion and first and second side portions extending therefrom and first and second inflatable pouches each comprising at least one air valve and a manual pump operable to inflate its pouch. Each side portion of the neck support comprises an outer side wall and an inner side wall defining a recess configured to house a lower portion of a pouch such that an upper portion of the pouch extends upwardly from the side portion. The outer side wall of each side portion comprises a gap in which a first side of a pump of a pouch is located such that the pump is accessible to a user wearing the support.
1. A travel pillow comprising:
a U-shaped neck support having a rear portion and first and second side portions extending therefrom;
first and second inflatable pouches each comprising at least one air valve and a manual pump operable to inflate each of said inflatable pouches;
each of said inflatable pouches comprises a substantially central inflatable region and a peripheral inflatable ring; wherein
each side portion of the U-shaped neck support comprises an outer side wall and an inner side wall, each side portion further defining a recess configured to house a lower portion of each of said inflatable pouches such that an upper portion of each of said inflatable pouches extends upwardly from the side portion;
the outer side wall of each side portion comprises a gap in which a first side of the manual pump of each of said inflatable pouches is located such that the manual pump is accessible to a user wearing the U-shaped neck support.
2. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein the gap of the outer side wall of each side portion is substantially U-shaped.
3. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein the inner side wall of each side portion comprises a corresponding gap in which a second side of the manual pump of each of said inflatable pouches is located.
4. The travel pillow of claim 3 wherein the corresponding gap of the inner side wall of each side portion is substantially U-shaped.
5. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein each inflatable pouch comprises a single air inlet/outlet valve.
6. The travel pillow of claim 5 wherein the U-shaped neck support comprises a hood in which the U-shaped neck support and inflatable pouches are housed.
7. The travel pillow of claim 6 wherein the single air inlet/outlet valves of each inflatable pouch extend through the outer and inner side walls of the hood.
8. The travel pillow of claim 6 wherein the hood comprises a frontal strap to connect together sides of the hood.
9. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein each inflatable pouch is substantially discorectangular.
10. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein the substantially central inflatable region comprises the manual pump and the at least one air valve.
11. The travel pillow of claim 1 wherein each recess is configured to house a lower portion of the peripheral inflatable ring of the first and second inflatable pouches.