Patent ID: 6042184
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47C,A47G,A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A supporting device for supporting a person's head next to a support for the body without securing, attaching, or fastening the supporting device to the support for the body, the supporting device comprising:a substantially rigid flat base, the base having a generally oval, symmetrical perimeter having a major axis and a minor axis, the minor axis being shorter than the major axis and normal to the major axis, the minor axis dividing the perimeter into a front section and a rear section, the front section and the rear section each extending as substantially mirror images of each other about the minor axis, the base further having a top side surface and a flat bottom side surface that is free of any attachment means, the base further having an aperture through the top side surface that extends through the base to the bottom side surface, the aperture being sized and shaped to allow passage of a major portion of the user's face therethrough, the aperture being between the minor axis and the front section of the perimeter;a cushioned pillow positioned over the top side surface of the base, the cushioned pillow substantially surrounding at least a portion of the aperture;securement means for releasably securing the cushioned pillow to the top side surface of the base; andwherein the base is positionable below a person's torso while the cushioned pillow supports the person's head in a reclining, face down position.