Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pillow including a top layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer. The top layer includes a front neck supporting buttress, a back neck supporting buttress and a cavity connecting the front neck supporting buttress and the back neck supporting buttress. The cavity is configured to accommodate a facial mask. The middle layer is connectable to the top layer and includes at least two inserts. Removal of at least one of the inserts provides for customized angulations of the pillow. The bottom layer is connectable to one of the top layer or the middle layer.

Abstract: An adjustable orthopedic support pillow which includes a contoured top layer, a plurality of supporting layers, each having tongue-and-groove structures to enable the contoured layer to be removably supported by one or more additional supporting layers.

Abstract: A stress reducing device is defined by a dual use orthopedic pillow having a low density polyurethane foam outer region, a high density polyurethane foam middle region that are provided in removably attachable layers, so that the size of the device may be adjusted to accommodate different sizes and preferences of individual users. The pillow advantageously includes leg clasps for securely engaging the inner thighs of an individual in a side lying position defined by a stem and a pair of crescent shaped buttresses. The buttresses resist rotation to the prone and supine lying positions. The high density foam within the stem separates the knees to reduce spinal stress. Advantageously, a supine sleeping position is aided by positioning said pillow under the legs to flatten out the spine while supporting the legs at the thigh and calf regions.

Abstract: A stress reducing orthopedic pillow having a low density polyurethane foam outer region, a high density polyurethane foam middle region that are provided in both a unitary embodiment and in an embodiment that includes removably attachable layers, so that the size of the device may be adjusted to accommodate different sizes and preferences of individual users. The pillow advantageously includes leg clasps for securely engaging the inner thighs of an individual in a side lying position, the clasps including a stem and a pair of crescent shaped buttresses. The buttresses resist rotation to the prone and supine lying positions. The foam within the stem separates the knees to reduce spinal stress. Advantageously, a supine sleeping position is accommodated by positioning said pillow under the legs to flatten out the spine while supporting the legs at the thigh and calf regions.

Abstract: A stress reducing device is defined by a dual use orthopedic pillow having a low density polyurethane foam outer region, a high density polyurethane foam middle region that are provided in removably attachable layers, so that the size of the device may be adjusted to accommodate different sizes and preferences of individual users. The pillow advantageously includes leg clasps for securely engaging the inner thighs of an individual in a sideling position defined by a stem and a pair of crescent shaped buttresses. The buttresses resist rotation to the prone and supine lying positions. The high foam within the stem separates the knees to reduce spinal stress. Advantageously, a supine sleeping position is added by positioning said pillow under the legs to flatten out the spine while supporting the legs at the thigh and calf regions.

Abstract: A ratchet spool mechanism including a rear or bottom housing having a central column, and positioned around the central column a belleville-type spring, positioned thereover a rotary spool having affixed therebetween two lengths of twine and positioned over the top portion of the spool a rotary cap having beveled projections which cooperate with correspondingly positioned orifices in the top surface of the rotary spool whereby operation of the belleville spring, the beveled surfaces and the orifices provide for a locking mechanism and one-way rotation to tighten or draw in the twine, and upon pressing the rotary cap downward against the belleville spring, the beveled projections become disengaged from the orifices, and the spool may be rotated in either direction.

Abstract: An exercise device is provided for a joint of a lower limb which consists of a first framework for supporting a first part of the lower limb, a second framework for supporting a second part of the lower limb and a resistive pivot mechanism affixed between the first framework and the second framework, to allow pivotal motion of the frameworks about substantially the same axis as the joint located between the first part and the second part of the lower limb, while providing resistance through a range of the pivotal motion of the joint.

Abstract: An exercise device provides resistance to flexion or extension of the arms or legs. The device is worn about the knee or elbow and has a first framework which is secured about the upper portion of the limb and a second framework which is secured about the lower portion of the limb. Struts protrude toward the joint from the upper framework and from the lower framework, and are connected at the joint by a resistive pivot connection. The resistive pivot connection has a resistive mechanism which is attached between the struts by matching projections and conduits which are on opposing faces of the struts and ends of the mechanism. The degree of resistance is varied by substituting a mechanism, which is made of an elastomeric material, with another of different resistive properties. Resistance may be varied by changing the positions of the projections and conduits relative to each other. Moving the relative positions of the conduits and projections would also change the muscle group being exercised.