Patent ID: 9737158
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A47C,A47G

Claim:
1. A head support apparatus for allowing a user to rest while sitting in a generally upright position, the device comprising: (a) a headband assembly configured to be secured to the user's forehead for supporting in a rearward position to restrain the user's head from moving further forward and sideways; (b) a sling assembly configured to accept the user's arms; (c) one or more straps configured to connect said headband assembly to said sling assembly and forming a single continuous closed loop; (d) a headrest assembly comprising a neck pillow configured as a yoke having a rear portion adapted to rest behind a user's neck, and a guide formed as a closed loop through which the one or more straps can freely slide to receive said one or more straps, said neck pillow adapted to receive the neck of the user, said guide located on a rear surface of the neck pillow and adapted to be spaced by the neck pillow away from the back of the neck of the user, whereby the head support apparatus is configured to restrain the user's head from moving forward and sideways by a combined force of the closed loop formed between by the headband assembly, the one or more straps, and the sling assembly, by the headband assembly pulling rearward on the user's forehead through the one or more straps and by the user's arm weight in the sling assembly.