Patent ID: 6047425
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
An orthopedic pillow, comprising:an inflatable bladder comprising a spaced apart pair of end lobes and a plurality of middle lobes interposed between said end lobes of said inflatable bladder;said lobes each having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to one another;said lobes having bottom faces lying in a common plane with one another;said lobes each having an arcuate top face, each arcuate top face having a transverse cross section taken substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of the respective lobe, said transverse cross section of each lobe having a concavity facing towards said bottom face of the respective lobe and an outwardly facing convexity;an outer pad substantially covering said inflatable bladder;said outer pad having a spaced apart pair of end regions each having an arcuate upper contour corresponding to said arcuate top face of an associated adjacent end lobe of said inflatable bladder, said outer pad having a middle region interposed between said end regions of said outer pad, said middle region of said outer pad having a generally flat upper contour extending over said arcuate top faces of said middle lobes of said inflatable bladder;a resiliently deformable sheet being embedded in said outer pad between said upper contours of said regions of said outer pad and said arcuate top faces of said lobes of said inflatable bladder.