Patent ID: 9301868
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61F,A61G

Claim Text:
1. A leg support pillow apparatus for supporting a lower leg and foot of a person lying in a bed, the apparatus comprising: a base having a first thickness at an upper knee end thereof and an increased second thickness at a lower foot end thereof; partition walls extending upward from a top surface of the base and defining at least one leg channel extending substantially from the knee end to the foot end of the base and wherein the at least one leg channel is open between the partition walls at a knee end thereof and is open between the partition walls at a foot end thereof; wherein the at least one leg channel includes a foot portion at a foot end thereof having a width and depth configured to support the foot in a substantially upright orientation, and wherein an upper knee end of the at least one leg channel has a width greater than the width of the foot portion; and a heel opening in the base between the partition walls at the foot end of the at least one leg channel, the heel opening extending downward from the top surface of the base a distance configured such that when the leg is resting on the base inside the at least one leg channel, the heel extends down into the heel opening and is supported above a bottom of the heel opening by the leg resting on the top surface of the base.