Patent ID: 9237977
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A47G,A61G

Claim Text:
1. A support for use on a mattress, said support comprising: a sham extending longitudinally along an axis and defined by a width along the axis and a length transverse to the axis, said sham having a sleeve having two substantially closed sides parallel and opposite each other and extending longitudinally along the axis and two substantially open sides parallel and opposite each other and extending transverse to the axis, said sleeve comprising of a first layer of material and a second relatively larger layer of material, the two layers of material being fastened together only along said substantially closed sides, and said second layer of material comprises extensions extending longitudinally from said opposite substantially open sides of said sleeve, wherein said sleeve is configured to receive a pillow therein and said extensions are configured to wrap around opposing sides of and tucked below at least a portion of a bottom of the mattress to retain said support in place with respect to said mattress and wherein said second layer of material is located above said first layer of material such that the pillow is located within the sleeve beneath said second layer of material and above said first layer of material such that said extensions block said substantially open sides of said sleeve when the extensions are wrapped around the opposing sides of and tucked below at least the portion of the bottom of the mattress so that said pillow is retained in said sleeve and cannot be removed from said sleeve without untucking at least one of the extensions; and wherein said pillow comprises a matrix of generally spaced air cells having a first portion and a second portion each comprising at least one air cell layer, said second portion comprising vertically stacked air cell layers and said first portion comprising fewer vertically stacked air cell layers than said second portion.