Patent ID: 8572779

Claim:
An expandable pillow, comprising: an upper fabric section having a peripheral edge; a lower fabric section having a peripheral edge; a gusset section joining the upper and lower fabric sections around the peripheral edges thereof; and a zipper assembly, comprising a gusset zipper portion, a peripheral edge zipper portion, and a slider member, wherein the gusset zipper portion extends from a selected start point along one side of the pillow and extends a selected distance to the peripheral edges of the upper and lower fabric sections, the peripheral edge zipper portion extending from a distal end of the gusset zipper portion around the peripheries of the upper and lower fabric sections, joining the peripheral edges thereof together, and terminating at a point just before a start point of the peripheral edge zipper portion, wherein the pillow is in a gusseted configuration when the zipper assembly is open and in a conventional configuration, with the peripheral edges of the upper and lower fabric sections joined together, when the zipper assembly is closed.