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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Edmund Scott Davis, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Antonio Arcieri, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Banyan Licensing LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a pillow having raised ribs which are angled at an acute angle with respect to a bottom surface of the pillow and define the upper surface of the pillow contacted by the user's head and neck. The angled ribs provide traction forces to the head and neck of the user. The ribs vary in thickness in the longitudinal direction along which a person's spine is oriented. The pillow preferably has a rear portion for supporting a person's head and a front portion for supporting a person's neck, and the ribs on the rear portion are upwardly inclined toward the rear edge of the pillow and the ribs on the front portion are upwardly inclined toward the front edge of the pillow, so that traction forces on the head and neck are exerted in opposite directions. The pillow preferably also includes a forward extension portion adapted to support the lower neck and central upper back region between the shoulder blades, the extension portion being substantially narrower than the main body portion and also having the angled ribs.