Patent ID: 8668270

Claim:
A head and neck support configured to be removably wedged about an upper back edge of a reclining chair with a back, the upper back edge of the chair having a front face and a back face, the support comprising a/an: a. Bulbous upper portion configured to support a posterior side of a user's head and neck, this bulbous upper portion having a length and a width and extending upwardly and outwardly; b. Distinct lower portion, this lower portion comprising: i. two substantially straight legs depending perpendicularly and downwardly from the bulbous upper portion, the legs having a front wall defining a downward length and a sideways width and end walls defining a thickness, the width of each leg running parallel to the other leg and parallel to the length of the bulbous portion wherein the bulbous upper portion extends upwardly and outwardly from the front and end walls of each leg; and ii. a longitudinal groove between the two legs configured to grip an upper back edge of a chair; c. Inner filling material having compression memory; d. Outer covering material shaped to form a three-dimensional support enclosing the inner filling material, the outer covering material having a sufficiently high coefficient of friction to grip and retain the front and the back of an upper back of the chair under the weight of a user's head as the user reclines in the chair; and e. Innermost clamping means embedded within both the inner filling material and the outer covering and positioned substantially entirely within the lower portion, the clamping means comprising a front and a rear prong.