Pillow book construction

• US 5,765,245 A
• Filed: 08/19/1996
• Issued: 06/16/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Breto; Javier Barbed
• Original Assignee: Breto; Javier Barbed
• Inventors: Breto, Javier Barbed
• Primary Examiner(s): Saether, Flemming
• Application Number:
  US08/663,238
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 5/636, 5/640, 5/645, 5/634
• US Class Current: 5/640
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/10 Pillows pillow holders A47C21/00, A47C21/026; specially adapted for preventing snoring A61F5/56
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/1045 shaped as, combined with, or convertible into other articles, e.g. dolls, sound equipments, bags or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 1/00 Books or other bound products match books A24F27/12; picture books with additional toy effects A63H33/38; indexing features B42F21/00; educational or demonstration appliances G09B, e.g. textbooks for teaching foreign languages G09B19/08

Abstract

A pillow book construction comprised of two pillows, a thick one and a thin one, joined together like the two covers of a book by means of a seam along the short end of the internal sides. The pillows have thicknesses of 7 cm and 5 cm and, once folded upon each other, form a large pillow-book of 12 cm. This pillow construction with these three values of thickness has been designed taking into account the three sleeping or resting positions: the head and the body sideways; the head sideways and the body facing downwards; the head and body facing upwards. Additionally, a plurality of exchangeable and illustrated sheets made of fabric are provided.

Claims

1. A pillow construction comprising:

at least a first and second pillow each having a secured side edge and an oppositely disposed free edge; and

means for pivotally securing said first and second pillows together along said secured side edges and permitting said first and said second pillows to be folded together into a closed position;

at least one fabric leaf having indicia thereon being secured to said pillow construction adjacent said first and second pillow secured side edges, said at least one fabric leaf being positioned between said first and second pillows when folded into said closed position; and

wherein said first pillow includes a first thickness value and said second pillow includes a second thickness value, said first thickness value being greater than said second thickness value, and said pillow construction in said closed position having a third thickness value, thereby permitting said pillow construction to be used in any one of said first, second and third thickness values to comfortably accommodate a user'"'"'s head in a variety of resting positions.

2. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second pillows each have an interior side and at least one of said interior sides include information thereon.

3. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein said securing means includes a fabric ribbon.

4. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein said securing means includes a zipper.

5. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, further including a plurality of fabric leaves having indicia thereon, said leaves being secured within said pillow construction by said securing means between said first and second pillows.

6. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first thickness value is approximately 7 cm and said second thickness value is approximately 5 cm.

7. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second pillows each further include a filling piece formed of cushion material, at least one said pillow filling pieces includes a grooved channel extending along a length of said filling piece, said channel being sized to accommodate the user'"'"'s ear when resting one'"'"'s head upon said pillow construction.

8. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 7, wherein said cushion material is covered by a fabric lining.

9. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 7, wherein said cushion material is polyurethane foam.

10. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 7, wherein each of said free edges of said first and second pillows include an elongate lace formed thereon, said laces being securable together when said pillow construction is in said closed position thereby securing said pillow construction in said closed position.

11. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 7, wherein said free edges of said first and second pillows include strips of VELCRO for securing said pillow construction in said closed position.

12. A pillow construction comprising:

a first pillow having a secured side edge and a filling piece formed of a cushion material;

a second pillow having a secured side edge and a filling piece formed of a cushion material;

means for pivotally securing said first and second pillows together along said secured side edges and permitting said first and second pillows to be folded together into a closed position;

a plurality of fabric leaves having indicia thereon being secured to said pillow construction adjacent said first and second pillow secured side edges, said plurality of fabric leaves being positioned between said first and second pillows when folded into said closed position; and

said first pillow having a thickness greater than a thickness of said second pillow such that when said first pillow is folded onto said second pillow, said pillow construction has a total thickness approximately equivalent to the sum of the thickness of the first and second pillows, thereby permitting said pillow construction to be used in any one of three thicknesses to comfortably accommodate a user'"'"'s head in a variety of resting positions.

13. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 12, wherein said means for securing said first and second pillows together includes a fabric ribbon.

14. A pillow construction as set forth in claim 13, wherein at least one of said first and second pillow filling pieces includes a grooved channel extending along a length of said filling piece, said groove being sized to accommodate an individual'"'"'s ear when they are resting their head upon said pillow construction.