Abstract: A composite pillow made up of a sheet of foamed material shaped into sleeve-like form with limited-area portions contacting and adhered to each other to give the pillow a shape somewhat of a pear lying on its side; i.e., with the lengthwise axis of the pear being horizontal. The sleeve-like sheet provides a peripheral wall within which a fairly large cavity exists to one side of the junction between the joined areas, and this cavity contains an air bag or the like which may be selectively inflated to provide support for the user's neck while the user's head rests on the small part of the "pear".

Abstract: A composite pillow of the type including one or more elements for receiving the neck or cervical region of a person lying on the pillow and another, adjacent element for receiving the person's head or occipital region, the purpose being to support the neck and head in the position occupied when the person is errect. The neck-receiving is of greater firmness than the adjoining element. In this invention, the neck-receiving element is made up of at least two end-to-end sections, one of firmness as aforesaid and the other containing a compartment enclosing an air bag which is selectively inflatable to vary the firmness of that section relative to the remainder of the pillow, thus enabling the pillow to contribute, for example, to the solution or at least alleviation of several temporary posture abnormalities suffered by the using person.

Abstract: An elongated, cylindrical support member. Attached to the support member intermediate the ends thereof are a plurality of annular roller members. Handle members are attached over each end of the support member. Each roller member bears a plurality of uniformly spaced, radially disposed projections. Engagement of the skin of an individual by the projections, when the support member is moved with respect to the body of the individual, effects a stimulation of the acupuncture points located thereon.