Patent ID: 7618385
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: A41D,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A head support for supporting the head of a user when tilted backwards, said head support comprising a harness locatable to the upper body portions of a person, a rigid member extending from a region of said harness stabilized in respect of and by use of the harness relative to the body, wherein, when in use and said harness is attached to the body of a user, said rigid member extends rearwardly away from the harness and away from the user's body, out of alignment with and at an angle divergent from the harness to provide a support region thereof which when said person is in a substantially upright position, and their head is tilted backwards away from a stabilized straight ahead position to allow viewing of an object above the horizontal, said support region comes in contact with at least part of the back of the head and provides at least vertical support to only a posterior side of the user's head while also allowing complete forward movement of the head away from the rigid member to beyond the stabilized straight ahead position, and at least one bracing member, in use, extends from a point at or proximate said support region, between said rigid member and said harness to attach to said harness at a region proximate the posterior of said user's body to operationally brace said support region against movement thereof in a direction away from the body of the user.