Neck pillow device

• US 3,981,032 A
• Filed: 01/23/1976
• Issued: 09/21/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
• Inventors: Brooks, Susie C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Griffin, Donald A.
• Application Number:
  US05/651,928
• Time in Patent Office: 242 Days
• Field of Search: 5/338, 5/327 R, 5/327 B, 5/341, 128/1 C, 128/33
• US Class Current: 5/639
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/383 Detachable or loose head- or neck-supports, e.g. horse-shoe shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/1036 with cooling or heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0107 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0138 incorporated in furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0142 Beds
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0228 heated by an electric resistance element
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1604 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1609 Neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/02 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/04 neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/062 Shoulders
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/02 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 5/915 with vibrating means

Abstract

A pair of vibrators for vibrating the neck of a person resting on a neck pillow are mounted on such pillow in mutually spaced relation each on a corresponding side of the neck of the person. A pair of face pillows are mounted on the neck pillow for supporting the face of a person lying on his side on the neck pillow. Each of the face pillows is positioned alongside a corresponding one of the vibrators with the vibrators interposed between the face pillows.

Claims

1. A neck pillow device for supporting the neck of a reclining person, said neck pillow device comprising

a neck pillow;

a pair of vibrators for vibrating the neck of a person resting on the neck pillow, said vibrators being mounted on the neck pillow in mutually spaced relation each on a corresponding side of the neck of the person; and

a pair of face pillows mounted on the neck pillow for supporting the face of a person lying on his side on the neck pillow, each of the face pillows being positioned alongside a corresponding one of the vibrators with said vibrators interposed between said face pillows.

2. A neck pillow device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the neck pillow has a pair of spaced opposite substantially parallel edges bordering the vibrators and the face pillows, and further comprising a head pillow removably affixed to one edge of the neck pillow for supporting the head of the person.

3. A neck pillow device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a heating pad removably affixed to the opposite edge of the neck pillow for heating the shoulder area of the person.