Patent ID: 7758125

Claim:
A portable support for supporting the head of a seated individual, said portable support comprising, in combination: an elongated pillow having first and second pillow end portions, said first pillow end portion being larger than said second pillow end portion and projecting laterally from said second pillow end portion for positioning over the shoulder of the individual and for engagement by a side of the head of the individual; first connector structure attached to said first pillow end portion; and second connector structure attached to said second pillow end portion, said first connector structure for selectively alternatively connecting said first pillow end portion either to a seat or to said second connector structure, and said second connector structure for selectively alternatively connecting said second pillow end portion either to a seat or to said first connector structure, said first connector structure including a tether having a flexible, elongated tether element for forming a horizontally disposed loop about the seat back of the seat to connect said first pillow end portion thereto with the first pillow end portion next to a side of the head of the individual and projecting toward the seat back, said tether being adjustable to adjust the size of said loop to tighten or untighten said flexible, elongated tether element relative to the seat back when said elongated tether element forms a horizontally disposed loop about said back seat, and said first connector structure defining an opening adjacent to said first pillow end portion slidably receiving said flexible, elongated tether element enabling said first pillow end portion to be moved along said flexible, elongated tether element relative to said seat and relative to said individual whereby the first pillow end portion may be selectively moved between locations at opposite sides of the individual's head.