Patent ID: 8156938

Claim:
A head support comprising a body with a recess defined along a recess edge of the body to receive a person's lower jaw, and a torso engaging edge of the body opposite the recess edge being formed to engage a portion of the person's torso when the person is sitting in a substantially upright position to prevent the recess from falling away from the person's lower jaw area, wherein the recess edge of the body is a surface of the body, said surface engaging a person's lower jaw when in use, wherein the recess is shaped for accommodating a person's lower jaw and is capable of performing a function of supporting a person's lower jaw, wherein the body has a proximal surface resting against a person's chest area in use and a distal surface distal from a person's chest area in use, wherein the head support further comprises means for releasably securing a person's arms onto the head support, and wherein the body comprises a protuberance extending rearward from the body at or about a same location of the body as the recess.