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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas L Howard, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128845 ; 128 / ; 128869 ; 128 / ; 128D / ; 441113 ;
Abstract
An inflatable neck and head support for use by a wearer which is a generally rectangular body of flexible gas impervious material with two side panels that is sealed around its entire periphery to form a closed chamber. A valve is mounted in such body to inflate and deflate the chamber. Fastening means are mounted on spaced portions of the body to permit securing the rectangular shape into an annular shape to encompass the neck and support the head of a wearer.