A reversible eye pillow provides a set of opposed sides, each formed of a continuous fabric panel that is resiliently stretchable. Each side includes peripheral portions that conform to and contact peripheral portions of a user's eye and a recessed portion that enables a user to open his or her eye with the eye pillow in place. The eye pillow is tightly filled with small bead like thermal storage filling material that maintains a reduced temperature and includes a smooth surface to provide easy deformability of the eye pillow even at reduced temperatures.
1. An eye pillow comprising a duality of fabric panels joined together to form a closed pouch, the fabric panels forming opposed sides of said eye pillow and filled with a plurality of beads therebetween with no barrier between said plurality of beads and said fabric panels,
each of said opposed sides conformable to a user's eye socket anatomy and including a duality of recessed portions, each corresponding to one of said user's eyes when said eye pillow is positioned on said user, each said recessed portion completely surrounded by a non-recessed portion.
2. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein each said recessed portion provides clearance for said user's eye and eyelashes when peripheral portions of said user's eye socket contact a facing one of said fabric panels.
3. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said fabric panels are resiliently stretchable.
4. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein each of said fabric panels is a single and continuous section of textile and said fabric panels are joined peripherally.
5. The eye pillow as in claim 4 , wherein each said recessed portion is formed at a non-peripheral location where said panels are joined conterminously together.
6. The eye pillow as in claim 5 , wherein said fabric panels are joined together by stitching.
7. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said beads are composed of low density polyethylene (LDPE).
8. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said beads are oval or elliptical in shape, include a dimple and have no length greater than about 4.5 mm.
9. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said beads include an average surface roughness of less than 100 nm.
10. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said beads are formed of a thermal storage material capable of retaining a reduced temperature.
11. The eye pillow as in claim 10 , wherein said reduced temperature is below 32° F., and said beads include an average surface roughness of less than 100 nm at said reduced temperature.
12. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said eye pillow includes a generally level top portion and a duality of downwardly extending lobes.
13. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said beads are packed together tightly enough such that said eye pillow is capable of retaining a conformal shape when molded.
14. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said eye pillow has a first deformability at room temperature and retains said first deformabilty at a range of reduced temperatures below 32° F.
15. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , further comprising a securing member coupled to said fabric panels to secure said eye pillow to said user's head.
16. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , further comprising a lubricating medium at least one of coating said beads and disposed among said plurality of beads.
17. The eye pillow as in claim 16 , wherein said lubricating medium comprises a powdery substance formed of an amide material.
18. The eye pillow as in claim 1 , wherein said fabric panels are flaccid.
19. An eye pillow comprising a duality of textile panels joined together to form opposed sides of said eye pillow and filled with a plurality of beads therebetween,
each of said opposed sides conformable to a uSer's eye socket anatomy and including a duality of recessed portions, each corresponding to one of said users eyes when said eye pillow is positioned on said user,
wherein each said recessed portion is formed at a non-peripheral location where said panels are conterminously joined together, each said recessed portion completely surrounded by a non-recessed portion.