Headrest device, kit and method of using

• US 7,303,237 B1
• Filed: 03/01/2006
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Derek Hughes
• Original Assignee: Derek Hughes
• Inventors: Hughes, Derek
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/365,396
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 297/391, 297/181, 297/220, D66/01, 563/6
• US Class Current: 297/391
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/882 detachable

Abstract

A headrest device, kit and associated method is disclosed for use in mounting the device onto a top part of a backrest of a chair in a vehicle. The device comprises a headrest post, a first swath of fabric, a plastic sleeve, a second swath of fabric, and a cushion. The headrest post has a generally U-shape configuration with a generally rectangular base and two substantially parallel prongs extending from the base of the headrest post for insertion into the backrest of the chair of the vehicle. The first swath of fabric is attached to the rectangular base of the headrest post and has an exposed surface. The plastic sleeve is detachably attached to the rectangular base of the headrest post. The second swath of fabric is attached to the plastic sleeve, and has an exposed facade. The second swath of fabric is detachably attached to the first swath of fabric when the exposed facade of the second swath of fabric contacts the exposed surface of the first swath of fabric. The cushion has an exterior, an interior, a stylized geometric sports ball shape and a centrally disposed orifice, the cushion is attached to the plastic sleeve, in which a portion of the plastic sleeve is mounted within the orifice of the cushion. The kit comprises the unassembled components of the device. The method of using comprises the steps of adjoining, affixing, locking, obtaining, removing, and unlocking.

Claims

1. A headrest device for mounting onto a top part of a backrest of a chair in a vehicle, said device comprising:

a headrest post having a generally U-shape configuration with a generally rectangular base and two substantially parallel prongs extending from the base of said headrest post;

a first swath of fabric attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post, said first swath of fabric having an exposed surface;

a plastic sleeve detachably attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post;

a second swath of fabric attached to said plastic sleeve, said second swath of fabric having an exposed facade, wherein said second swath of fabric is detachably attached to said first swath of fabric when said exposed facade of said second swath of fabric contacts said exposed surface of said first swath of fabric; and

a cushion having an exterior, an interior, a stylized geometric sports ball shape and a centrally disposed orifice, said cushion attached to said plastic sleeve, wherein a portion of said plastic sleeve is mounted within the orifice of said cushion.

2. The device of Claim 1 wherein said first swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule loops extending outwardly from the exposed surface of said first swath of fabric, and said second swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule hooks extending outwardly from the exposed facade of said second swath of fabric.

3. The device of Claim 1 wherein said first swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule hooks extending outwardly from the exposed surface of said first swath of fabric, and said second of fabric having a plurality of minuscule loops extending outwardly from the exposed facade of said second swath of fabric.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric football shape.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric baseball shape.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric basketball shape.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric soccer ball shape.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric rugby ball shape.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric golf ball shape.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric tennis ball shape.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric volleyball shape.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric billiard ball shape.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric ping pong ball shape.

14. The device of claim 1 wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric ice hockey puck shape.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein the exterior of said cushion is selected from the group consisting of leather, cotton, wool, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, polyurethane, and mixtures thereof.

16. The device of claim 1 wherein the interior of said cushion is selected from the group consisting of foam rubber, cotton, wool, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, polyurethanes, polyacryls, polymethacryls, cellulosic polymers, styrene-acryl copolymers, polystyrene-polyacryl mixtures, polysiloxanes, polyesters, urethane-acryl copolymers, siloxane-urethane copolymers, polyurethane-polymethacryl mixtures, silicone-acryl copolymers, vinyl acetate polymers, or mixtures thereof.

17. A kit for assembling a headrest device for mounting onto a top part of a backrest of a chair in a vehicle, said kit comprising:

a headrest post having a generally U-shape configuration with a generally rectangular base and two substantially parallel prongs extending from the base of said headrest post;

a first swath of fabric attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post, said first swath of fabric having an exposed surface;

a plastic sleeve detachably attachable to the rectangular base of said headrest post;

a second swath of fabric attached to said plastic sleeve, said second swath of fabric having an exposed facade, wherein said second swath of fabric is detachably attachable to said first swath of fabric when said exposed facade of said second swath of fabric contacts said exposed surface of said first swath of fabric; and

a cushion having an exterior, an interior, a stylized geometric sports ball shape and a centrally disposed orifice, said cushion attached to said plastic sleeve, wherein a portion of said plastic sleeve is mounted within the orifice of said cushion.

18. The kit of claim 17 wherein said first swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule loops extending outwardly from the exposed surface of said first swath of fabric, and said second swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule hooks extending outwardly from the exposed facade of said second swath of fabric.

19. The kit of claim 17 wherein said first swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule hooks extending outwardly from the exposed surface of said first swath of fabric, and said second swath of fabric having a plurality of minuscule loops extending outwardly from the exposed facade of said second swath of fabric.

20. A method of using a kit for assembling a headrest device for mounting onto a top part of a backrest of a chair in a vehicle, said method comprising:

obtaining the kit comprising;

a headrest post having a generally U-shape configuration with a generally rectangular base and two substantially parallel prongs extending from the base of said headrest post;

a first swath of fabric attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post, said first swath of fabric having an exposed surface;

a plastic sleeve detachably attachable to the rectangular base of said headrest post; and

a second swath of fabric attached to said plastic sleeve, said second swath of fabric having an exposed facade, wherein said second swath of fabric is detachably attachable to said first swath of fabric when said exposed facade of said second swath of fabric contacts said exposed surface of said first swath of fabric; and

a cushion having an exterior, an interior, a stylized geometric sports ball shape and a centrally disposed orifice, said cushion attached to said plastic sleeve, wherein a portion of said plastic sleeve is mounted within the orifice of said cushion, wherein the stylized geometric sports ball shape of said cushion comprises a stylized geometric football shape;

affixing slidably the headrest post to top part of a backrest of the chair in the vehicle;

adjoining slidably the cushion to the base of the headrest post;

locking together the first swath of fabric to the second swath of fabric, wherein contacting the exposed surface of the first swath of fabric attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post to the exposed facade of the second swath of fabric attached to the attached to said plastic sleeve;

unlocking the locked together the first swath of fabric to the second swath of fabric, wherein detaching exposed surface of the first swath of fabric attached to the rectangular base of said headrest post from the exposed facade of the second swath of fabric attached to the attached to said plastic sleeve;

hoisting slidably upwards the cushion from the base of the headrest post; and

removing slidably the headrest post from the top part of the backrest of the chair in the vehicle.