Patent ID: 7883150
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: A47C,B60N

Abstract:
1. A self storing, portable head and neck support comprising: a. a quantity of batting material from the group that includes cotton, polyester and wool; b. a pair of flexible sheets of material from the group that includes cotton and fleece, said flexible sheets being shaped in the form of a horseshoe and being mirror images of each other, said flexible sheets having straight top edges; said flexible sheets straight top edges having a width dimension, a first end, a second end and a middle section; said flexible sheets further having shaped edges that form the shape of a horseshoe; said flexible sheets shaped edges being fixedly secured to one another forming a horseshoe shaped pocket; a sufficient quantity of said batting being placed in said horseshoe shaped pocket to produce a desired thickness; said straight top edges of said flexible sheets being fixedly secured to one another in order to retain the batting material; a rectangular area of said flexible sheets at the middle section of said straight top edges being sewn together to form an area that retains a portion of said batting and prevents said portion from shifting; c. a pair of rectangular shaped flexible sheets of material from the group that includes cotton and fleece; said rectangular shaped flexible sheets each having a top edge with a width dimension that is the same as the width dimension of the flexible sheets, a right side edge, a left side edge, a bottom edge, an inside surface and an outside surface; said pair of rectangular shaped flexible sheets being fixedly secured to each other at the top edges, the right side edges and the left side edges, with the inside surfaces facing each other, said rectangular shaped sheets, when combined, being in a first position forming a cavity that may be entered at the bottom edge; d. a piece of elastic material having a length dimension that is less than the width dimension of said flexible sheets, a first end and a second end; e. a pair of rectangular shaped straps made of flexible sheets of material from the group that includes cotton and fleece, said rectangular shaped straps each having a length dimension that is the same as the width dimension of said flexible sheets, a first length edge, a second length edge, a first width edge and a second width edge, said first length edges being fixedly secured to each other, said second length edges being fixedly secured to each other, forming a tunnel the length of the rectangular shaped straps; f. said elastic material being inserted thru the tunnel formed by the rectangular shaped straps, said first end of the elastic material being fixedly secured to the first width edge of said rectangular shaped straps; said second end of the elastic material being fixedly secured to the second width edge of the rectangular shaped straps, said combined first end of the elastic material and first width edges of said rectangular shaped straps being fixedly secured to the inside surface at the right side edge of the rectangular shaped flexible sheets, said combined second end of the elastic material and second width edges of said rectangular shaped straps being fixedly secured to the inside surface at the left side edge of the rectangular shaped flexible sheets, and g. said rectangular shaped flexible sheets top edge outside surface being fixedly secured to the flexible sheets straight top edge said rectangular shaped flexible sheets when turned inside out, starting at the cavity bottom edge, being in a second position forming a carrying case.