Patent ID: 8234733

Claim:
A pillow for sleeping comprising a pillow cover having a generally rectangular shape defined by long edges and short edges, a longitudinal web sewn into the cover for dividing the cover into a generally equal head section and a neck section, the web providing a hinging action between head and neck sections in a way that the neck section is moveable from a horizontal to a hinged position of up to 180° and the head section remains horizontal, a neck recess in the neck section starting at spaced points on the long edge of the neck section and extending into the body of the neck section along arcuate lines to an apex, the neck recess defining neck lobes at the outer corners of the neck portion of the pillow cover, the neck recess further defining a neck roll between web and apex and between and between neck lobes, the neck roll being pinched by web and recess apex to a thickness less than that of the lobes, the neck roll together with the neck lobes attached along the longitudinal web to hinge with respect to the head section, the pillow cover being stuffed with filling to form a sleeping pillow whereby the neck portion of the pillow is moveable to hinged position to support a sleeper's neck positioned on the neck roll in the recess as the head portion remains horizontal to support a sleepers head.