Pillow having storage compartments

A pillow having storage compartments. The compartments may be used to store suntan lotion, beach, poolside or camping accessories. The stored articles are protected from theft because the compartments are hidden from view when the pillow is in use; specifically, they are positioned on the underside of the pillow so that when the pillow is operatively deployed, the existence of the storage compartments may not be ascertained by visual inspection.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The invention relates, generally, to pillow constructions and more 
particularly to pillow constructions including compartments for the 
storage of sundry articles therein. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
Pillow constructions typically provide no means whereby items desired to be 
secured from theft can be hidden. 
The following U.S. patents disclose different pillow constructions, and are 
representative of the pillow construction art. 
U.S. Pat. No. 1,776,983, awarded to Rotherman in 1930, discloses a 
combination seat cushion, foot muff, and carrier or receptacle. 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,938,569, awarded in 1976 to Hill, discloses a handbag 
having utility for carrying personal objects, including a cushion. 
A 1978 patent to Shields (U.S. Pat. No. 4,116,310), discloses a combination 
cushion and article carrier. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,185,673 issued Jan. 29, 1980 to Daniello discloses a 
unitary article carrying bag and cushion. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,468,823 issued Sept. 4, 1984 to Tounjian discloses a spread 
cover in the form of a sheet of the type used when sunbathing or visiting 
beach areas, having a pouch like container to conceal valuables. 
The art contains no teaching that a pillow construction could be provided 
with storage pockets, nor does the art contain any suggestions concerning 
how such a pillow construction could be realized. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The invention fulfills the longstanding but heretofore unfulfilled need for 
a structure having utility for the storage of valuables in an outdoor 
setting. 
The structure is in the form of an attractive pillow so that thiefs will 
not suspect that it contains a storage compartment. 
The material used to construct the pillow and its storage means is 
resistant to outdoor environmental conditions. Moreover, the pillow 
provides a cushion that prevents damage to the items contained within its 
storage means; thus, the pillow may even be employed as a comfortable, 
functional pillow even when it is being used to conceal valuables. 
Items of the type which may be concealed within the novel pillow include 
such items as magazines, cigarettes and lighters, sunglasses, sun tan 
lotion contaiers, wallets, change purses, keys, watches and jewelry, 
insect repellent containers, small flashlights, pocket radios, and the 
like. 
The pillow construction includes a pocket flap which is releasably secured 
to the pillow case with Velcro to secure the valuables against inadvertant 
spillage. 
The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, 
combination of elements and arrangement of parts that will be exemplified 
in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the invention 
will be indicated in the claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring now to FIG. 1, it will there be seen that the novel pillow is 
indicated by the reference numeral 10 as a whole; pillow 10 has a 
plurality of pockets 12 (three in this illustrative embodiment) secured to 
pillow case 20 by stitches. All seams on pockets 12 and case 20 are 
double-stitched with polyester thread. A pocket flap 14 is also secured to 
case 20. 
FIG. 2 shows additional details of the under side of the novel pillow 10. 
Case 20 contains a pillow insert 18 made of completely washable polyester 
material. Case 20 is made of a cotton/polyester preshrunk canvas cloth, 
which is also completely washable. The pocket flap 14 and the pillow case 
20 are sealed with Velcro (trademark) hook and loop type fasteners 16. 
Although this embodiment illustrates three pockets in a rectangular pillow 
made of polyester material, nonetheless, any size, shape, number and 
material of pockets are within the scope of this invention. 
In the illustrative embodiment disclosed herein, the size of the 
rectangular pillow is 14".times.12".times.4"; and the size of one pocket 
12 is 4".times.6".times.2". 
It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above, and those made 
apparent by the preceding description, are efficiently attained and since 
certain changes may be made in the above construction without departing 
from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matters contained 
in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall 
be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 
It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover 
all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein 
described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a 
matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween. 
Now that the invention has been described,