Patent ID: 7296313
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: A41D,A61F

Abstract:
1. An inflatable knee pillow configured to be releasably fastened around a user's leg so as to position an inflatable portion of the pillow against the inside of the user's knee, said pillow comprising: a body having an outer fabric surface; and an inflation valve, wherein the body defines straps and encloses a bladder, the straps are releasably fastenable around the user's leg so as to position an inflatable portion of the pillow against the user's knee, the inflation valve is in fluid communication with the bladder, and when deflated, the pillow has a thin profile and can be folded into a compact configuration, wherein the bladder is an inflatable volume having an outer surface defined by the body, and the body comprises two sheets of multilayer material, each of the multilayer sheets has an impermeable layer and a fabric layer, and the multilayer sheets are shaped and attached together so as to define the straps and the bladder, with fabric layers of the sheets defining the body's outer fabric surface and impermeable layers of the sheets defining at least a portion of the bladder's outer surface.