Patent ID: 7448686

Claim:
A headrest, comprising: a single-piece, continuous and uniform U-shaped structure having two spaced apart, free arms that extend from a central portion thereof, wherein said U-shaped structure provides cushioned contact points for a person's head and neck, the U-shaped structure being cushioned in its entirety; a bracket enabled to receive said single-piece, continuous and uniform U-shaped structure to enable motion of said U-shaped structure while retaining said U-shaped structure within said bracket; and a handle, coupled to said bracket and disposed substantially at said central portion of said U-shaped structure, substantially between said free arms, and protruding from said U-shaped structure for associating said headrest with a medical or dental chair; wherein each arm of said single-piece, continuous and uniform U-shaped structure comprises a free-edge that is independently adjustable to either move towards a free-edge of the other arm or away from the free-edge of the other arm without causing a separation at the central portion between said each arm of said single-piece, continuous and uniform U-shaped structure; and wherein said U-shaped structure is adjustable relative to said handle with regard to any of pitch and yaw.