Patent ID: 8584285

Claim:
A travel pillow comprising; a head rest platform, a neck support cradle, head support buttresses, support bases, the neck support cradle having a front surface, a back surface and a top surface, the top surface formed as an arcuate structure that engages the center of the user's neck at the spine and extends up to the mid-line on both sides of the users neck, the head rest platform forming a rectangle, having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges, the neck support cradle attached to the head rest platform at the bottom edge of the head rest platform, the bottom edge of the head rest platform and the back surface of neck support cradle forming a right angle, and the two side edges of the head rest platform and the neck support cradle attached to the head support buttresses and the support bases, the support bases suspending the head rest platform and the neck support cradle creating a deflection relief, the neck support cradle including a head base contour on the front surface, the head base contour formed as a concave depression that extends from the head rest platform to a front edge of the top surface of the neck support cradle, the head base contour supporting the user's head vertically when the user is in a seated or semi-reclined position, and, deflection of the head rest platform and neck support cradle causing the head support buttresses to roll inward to support the user's head laterally.