Patent ID: 7971294

Claim:
A method for changing a pillow in a pillowcase, comprising: providing first and second members unattached to one another and each having opposed smooth surfaces; inserting the first member, while unattached to the second member, at least partially into the pillowcase containing a first pillow such that the first member is between a first side of the first pillow and an adjacent first side of the pillowcase; inserting the second member, while unattached to the first member, at least partially into the pillowcase such that the second member is between a second side of the first pillow opposite the first side of the first pillow and an adjacent second side of the pillowcase; after the first and second members have both been inserted at least partially into the pillowcase and are not attached to one another, causing relative movement between the pillowcase and the first member and causing relative movement between the pillowcase and the second member, independent of the relative movement between the pillowcase and the first member, with the first pillow between the first and second members until the first pillow is at least partially outside of the pillowcase; then grasping the first pillow and withdrawing the first pillow from between the first and second members while maintaining the first and second members unattached to one another without a pillow therebetween; then without fully removing the first and second members from the pillowcase, moving an outward end region of the first member away from an outward end region of the second member to form a passage between the outward end regions of first and second members; inserting a second pillow into the passage between the outward end regions of the first and second members while the first and second members are not attached to one another; then causing relative movement between the pillowcase and the first and second members with the second pillow therebetween until the second pillow is inside of the pillowcase; and then withdrawing the first and second members from the pillowcase independently of one another.