Patent ID: 8584680

Claim:
A garment for the treatment of sleep apnea and/or snoring, to be worn by an individual afflicted with sleep apnea and/or snoring and preventing said individual from sleeping in a supine position, said garment including an elongate, position control member at the rear of the garment and extending outwardly therefrom, said position control member being a continuous member having an inner surface adjacent the back of said individual when the garment is being worn by the individual, an outer surface spaced outwardly from the inner surface and from the back of the individual when the garment is being worn by the individual, and an elongate, transverse dimension defined by transversely spaced-apart side surfaces, said side surfaces extending outwardly from the inner surface and being joined to the outer surface of said member at elongate side edges of the outer surface, said side surfaces tapering away from each other in a direction from the inner surface toward the outer surface whereby said outer surface has an elongate, transverse dimension greater than the elongate, transverse dimension of the inner surface, said elongate, transverse dimension extending transversely across the back of the individual when the garment is being worn by the individual, said side surfaces and/or side edges being located to engage a mattress or other sleeping surface when an individual wearing the garment is sleeping in a lateral position to aid in supporting the individual in a lateral position.