Patent ID: 6009577
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A47C,A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A convertible neck pillow comprising:a pillowcase enclosing a particular volume of a granular fill material;wherein said pillowcase includes a collar end and plain end;wherein said pillowcase at said collar end includes two tubular collar sections extending approximately in the same direction with a saddle section sized to receive the neck of a person extending between the two tubular collar sections;wherein the size of said pillowcase is such thatwhen said granular fill material is positioned to substantially fill said collar end of said pillowcase, said two tubular collar sections of said pillowcase and a middle portion of said pillowcase, including said saddle section, are substantially full of granular material, while granular fill material is substantially absent from said plain end of said pillowcase, such that a plain end flap of said pillowcase can be folded over a side of said pillowcase to capture and hold the granular fill material in said collar end of said pillowcase;when said granular fill material is positioned to substantially fill said plain end of said pillowcase, said plain end of said pillowcase and said middle portion of said pillowcase, are substantially full of granular material, while granular fill material is substantially absent from said two tubular collar sections at said collar end of said pillowcase, such that said two tubular collar sections of said pillowcase can be folded over a side of said pillowcase to capture and hold the granular fill material in said plain end of said pillowcase.