Patent ID: 8096304

Claim:
An aid for deflecting the head of a resting infant from reposing upon a preselected area of the head in order to treat or prevent plagiocephaly and torticollis, comprising: a cap having an apex and lower edge, formed of compliant fabric and sized to be worn with said apex fitting over the top of an infant's head and to allow said lower edge of said cap to be disposed over the infant's ears; a pliable longitudinally elongated deflector attached to said cap from near the apex of the cap to at least near said lower edge, wherein the deflector is more elongated between the apex and lower edge of the cap and is narrower a in transverse dimension such that the deflector is a positive deterrent to the infant's head from resting directly on the deflector; and wherein when the cap is applied on an infant's head with said deflector positioned on said preselected area of the head for treating or preventing plagiocephaly or torticollis, the cap supports said deflector with sufficient control to maintain the deflector at the preselected area to deflect the infant's head from reposing directly on the preselected area.