Therapeutic pillow

• US 6,629,324 B1
• Filed: 05/29/2001
• Issued: 10/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ritalee Shapiro
• Original Assignee: Ritalee Shapiro
• Inventors: Shapiro, Ritalee
• Primary Examiner(s): Shackelford, Heather
• Assistant Examiner(s): CONLEY, FREDRICK C
• Application Number:
  US09/866,328
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• Field of Search: 563/6, 563/0, 564/5, 563/7, D 6/601
• US Class Current: 5/636
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/10 Pillows pillow holders A47C21/00, A47C21/026; specially adapted for preventing snoring A61F5/56

Abstract

The present invention comprises a pillow specifically designed to avoid pressure on the ears, lobes and cartilage and to evenly distribute pressure on the other surfaces of the face. Its top surface is contoured such that the curvature of the head and neck is accommodated. The ears are protected by the presence of recesses in the top surface of the pillow which are shaped similarly to the ear with one generally arcuate side and one generally flat side and positioned somewhat closer to the front edge of the pillow. The recesses are of sufficient size and depth so that as a person lies his head on one side with one ear positioned in a recess, there is no pressure on the ear, its lobe, or cartilage. The pillow is especially effective for reducing the pain of recovery from lobe or cartilage piercings.

Claims

1. A therapeutic pillow comprising:

a) two side surfaces each having a first and a second lobe;

b) a bottom surface positioned between and adjacent to said side surfaces;

c) a top surface positioned between and adjacent to and shaped to conform to the first and second lobes of said side surfaces; and

d) two recesses located in top surface and positioned closer to said second lobe than said first lobe comprising a periphery which has a generally straight portion and a generally arcuate section and positioned such that said arcuate sections of said peripheries are closest to each other and said generally straight portions of said peripheries are furthest from each other.

2. A therapeutic pillow as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said recesses further comprise a bottom surface and a depth of sufficient magnitude such that a round shaped object of up to 12 pounds placed on said pillow depresses said depth of said recesses to no less than one inch.

3. A therapeutic pillow comprising:

a) two side surfaces with rounded peripheral contours;

b) a generally top surface area and a generally bottom surface area positioned between said side surfaces and which conform with the contours of said side surfaces; and

c) a pair of recesses located in said top surface area each comprising a periphery with a generally straight portion and an arcuate portion, a depth, and an inner surface.

4. A therapeutic pillow comprising:

a) two side surfaces with rounded perpheral contours;

b) a generally top surface area and a generally bottom surface area positioned between said side surfaces and which conform with the contours of said side surfaces;

c) a pair of recesses located in said top surface area each comprising a periphery with a generally straight portion and an arcuate portion, a depth, and an inner surface; and

d) said recesses are oriented such that said arcuate portions of said peripheries are nearer each other than are said generally straight portions and the two recesses are mirror images of each other.

5. A therapeutic pillow comprising:

a) a generally top surface and a generally bottom surface each comprising a front zone and a rear zone;

b) a first side surface and a second side surface each having a contoured periphery;

c) a length, a width, and a plurality of depths comprising said first and second side surfaces positioned in a spaced apart manner and at right angles to said top surface and said bottom surface;

d) a first and a second recess in said top surface and closer to said front zone than to said rear zone; and

e) said recesses each further comprising a periphery with a generally straight portion and an arcuate portion.

6. A therapeutic pillow comprising:

a) a generally top surface and a generally bottom surface each comprising a front zone and a rear zone;

b) a first side surface and a second side surface each having a contoured periphery;

c) a length, a width, and a plurality of depths comprising said first and second side surfaces positioned in a spaced apart manner and at right angles to said top surface and said bottom surface;

d) a first and a second recess in said top surface and closer to said front zone than to said rear zone wherein each recess further comprises a depth no less than one inch with a generally round weight of up to 12 pounds on said pillow; and

e) said recesses each further comprising a periphery with a generally straight portion and an arcuate portion.

7. The therapeutic pillow claimed in claim 6 wherein said first recess is positioned such that said straight portion of said periphery is generally parallel to and nearer said first side surface than is said arcuate portion and said straight portion of said periphery of said second recess is generally parallel to and nearer said second surface than is said arcuate portion.