Patent ID: 7578013

Claim:
An integrated, semi-rigid yet flexible, resilient body support pillow of compressible material, conforming substantially to a user's bodily skeletal dimensions, comprising: a. a block-shaped head support section, having a proximate end and a distal end, b. a block-shaped leg support section, having a proximate end and a distal end, and c. an elongate, block-shaped back support section with a substantially straight alignment comprising one or more joined portions connected substantially perpendicularly at a first end to said proximate end of said head support section to form an L-shaped semi-rigid, yet flexible and resilient support, and connected at a second end of said back support section to said proximate end of said leg support section, wherein: said head support section comprises a shallow indentation comprising a first compressible material, wherein said indentation is capable of accommodating a side of said user's head, said back support portion comprises a second compressible material that is firmer than said first compressible material in said shallow indentation, said pillow is shaped so that a head, back, and legs of said user are simultaneously and flexibly supported by said pillow when said user is in a side-lying position, said pillow allows for a range of user body motion, and substantially all of said user's front chest and abdomen remains unobstructed by said pillow when said user is in said side-lying position, thereby promoting side-lying sleeping while discouraging prone or supine sleeping.