Patent ID: 8590536

Claim:
An orthotic headrest for promoting normal shaping of the cranium of an infant, the headrest comprising: a bottom surface for contact with a resting surface; a top surface; a generally hemi-ellipsoidal depression in said top surface, said depression having a nadir; a contact surface in said depression having the shape of at least a portion of a normal infantile cranium; a ridge at one end of said depression for supporting the neck of said infant; and first and second lateral support surfaces having at least a portion positioned anterior of a first coronal plane and superior to a mid-cranial transverse plane; said contact surface comprising at least a portion of said first and second lateral support surfaces; wherein said headrest prevents plagiocephaly and brachycephaly from developing in said infant's normal cranium resting in a supine position by restricting lateral expansion of the parietal bones with said first and second lateral support surfaces and said contact surface below said first and second lateral support surfaces.