Patent ID: 6079066
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
In a pillow made of a resilient material and including a top side and a bottom side which delimit a head section for supporting a user's head, and at least one elongated neck section which adjoins the head section and the top side of which is higher than the head section so as to support the user's neck and throat, the improvement which comprises that the resilient material from which the pillow is made has formed therein a channel which extends transversely in the center of the neck section at said bottom and which has a length such that the pillow obtains a softer supportive part for at least the neck, the cervical vertebrae and the throat, and opens out through at least one side of the neck section such as to reduce pressure and shear forces on the cervical vertebrae and throat, primarily when the user lies down.