Patent ID: 7469434

Claim:
A barrier device for sleep positioning comprising: an elongated body adapted for placement atop a head-contacting surface of a pillow so as to divide the head-contacting surface of the pillow into a left sleeping surface and a right sleeping surface, with the elongated body serving as a barrier between the left and right sleeping surfaces to inhibit a user from sleeping on top of the elongated body and promote sleeping on either the left or right sleeping surface; and at least one attachment device for securing the barrier device to the pillow, wherein: the elongated body has top and bottom ends and comprises a pair of outwardly-projecting portions located at left and right sides of the elongated body near the bottom end; and each outwardly-projecting portion has an outer curvature substantially the same as and adapted to abut at least a portion of the back of the head and/or the back of the neck of a user lying on the user's side with the user's head resting on either the left or right sleeping surface.