Height Adjustable Pillow
The invention is a pillow that comprises the first pillow section, at least one height adjustment unit, and a pedestal. The first pillow section is for a user to rest his/her head on. The height adjustment unit includes an elevator unit which connects to the first pillow section, and a support unit to work with the elevator unit as the control of the up/down movement of the first pillow section. The pedestal connects to the support unit of the height adjustment unit. The space above the pedestal and underneath the first pillow section defines the resting space for a user to rest his/her hands and arms. Adjusting the pillow to a proper height via the height adjustment unit, a user can rest his/her head on the pillow and allow his/her spine to maintain in a horizontal position to prevent any spinal curvature.
The present invention is a pillow that comprises the first pillow section, at least one height adjustment unit, and a pedestal. The first pillow section is for a user to rest his/her head on. The height adjustment unit includes an elevator unit which connects to the first pillow section, and a support unit to work with the elevator unit as the control of the up/down movement of the first pillow section. The pedestal connects to the support unit of the height adjustment unit. The space above the pedestal and underneath the first pillow section defines the resting space for a user to rest his/her hands and arms. Adjusting the pillow to a proper height via the height adjustment unit, a user can rest his/her head on the pillow and allow his/her spine to maintain in a horizontal position to prevent any spinal curvature. The resting space allows a user to comfortably place his/her hands and arms there to avoid any pain that may be caused by pressing the user's head directly on his/her hands/arms. Thus, this invention improves the user's quality of sleep.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONHaving a good quality of sleep and rest is hard to achieve for people with busy life styles in a modern society. The quality of sleep can be improved if the head, shoulder, neck, or even the body posture can stretch properly in sleep.
In general, people who use their hands as a pillow to sleep on often wake up with numbness in their hands. Others sleep on pillows without height adjustment function may find aches and discomfort after sleep, and still cannot have good quality of sleep.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe invention is a pillow that comprises the first pillow section, at least one height adjustment unit, and a pedestal. The first pillow section is for a user to rest his/her head on. The height adjustment unit includes an elevator unit which connects to the first pillow section, and a support unit to work with the elevator unit as the control of the up/down movement of the first pillow section. The pedestal connects to the support unit of the height adjustment unit. The space above the pedestal and underneath the first pillow section defines the resting space for a user to rest his/her hands and arms. Adjusting the pillow to a proper height via the height adjustment unit, a user can rest his/her head on the pillow and allow his/her spine to maintain in a horizontal position to prevent any spinal curvature. The resting space allows a user to comfortably place his/her hands and arms there to avoid any pain that may be caused by pressing the user's head directly on his/her hands/arms. Thus, this invention improves the user's quality of sleep.
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- 1 The first pillow section
- 2 The height adjustment unit
- 212 The first shell
- 222 The second shell
- 23 The knob
- 3 The pedestal base
- 31 The resting space
Number designations of major components are as follows:
- 1 The first pillow section
- 2 The height adjustment unit
- 21 The elevator unit
- 211 First iron bracket
- 2111 First wave board
- 2112 First hollow slot
- 212 First shell
- 22 Support unit
- 221 Second iron bracket
- 2211 Second wave board
- 2212 Second hollow slot
- 222 Second shell
- 23 The knob
- 231 The bolt
- 24 The fastening piece
- 3 The pedestal
- 31 The resting space
- 4 Second pillow section
- 5 Third pillow section
Thus, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a pillow such that users can place their hands and arms in the resting space of the pillow and maintain their spines in straight position while sleeping.
To achieve this purpose, the pillow described in the present invention comprises of a first pillow section for users to rest their heads; a height adjustment unit comprising of an elevator unit which connects to the first pillow section, and a support unit to work with the elevator unit as the control of the up/down movement of the first pillow section; and a pedestal that connects to the support unit of the height adjustment unit. The space above the pedestal and underneath the first pillow section defines the resting space for a user to rest his/her hands and arms. The elevator unit within the height adjustment unit comprises of a first iron bracket that connects to the lower side of the first pillow section, a first shell to cover the first iron bracket, and a first wave board and a vertical first hollow slot in the part of the iron bracket that is not connected to the first pillow section.
The support unit of the height adjustment unit comprises of a second iron bracket that connects to the upper side of the pedestal and touches the first iron bracket to allow concurrent movement of the first iron bracket and first shell, a second shell that covers the second iron bracket and partially covered by the first shell, a second wave board that corresponds to and overlaps with the first wave board, and a second hollow slot that opposites to the first hollow slot.
The height adjustment unit also has a bolt that serves as a user-controlled knob and a fastening piece connecting to the bolt. The bolt enters from outside of the first and second hollow slots, penetrates the first and second wave boards, and protrudes the second wave board to connect to the fastening piece.
The effect of the invention is achieved when users actively turn the knob to cause corresponding, overlapping and moving of the first and second wave boards, coupling with the tightening and loosening of the bolt and fastening piece, to adjust to the appropriate height of the pillow for their sleeping position while keeping their spines straight and resting their arms on the resting space. Therefore, comparing to conventional technology, the present invention will substantially enhance user's quality of sleep.
The specifics of the invention will be described in detail below, along with corresponding figures.
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The elevator unit (21) of the height adjustment unit (2) comprises of a first iron bracket (211) that connects to the lower side of the first pillow section (1), and a first shell (212) that covers the first bracket (211). The first iron bracket (211) has a first wave board (2111) and a vertical first hollow slot (2112) in the portion that is not connected to the first pillow section (1). As shown in
The height adjustment unit (2) includes a bolt (231), a control knot (23) and a fastening piece (24) to work with the bolt (231). The bolt (231) enters from outside of the first and second hollow slots (2112, 2212), go through the first and second wave boards (2111, 2211), and protrudes the second wave board (2211) to connect to the fastening piece (24). The pedestal (3) connects to the support unit (22) of the height adjustment unit (2). The space between the pedestal (3) and the first pillow section (1) is defined as the user's hand/arm resting space (31).
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Although the present invention has been described in detail by the above examples of implementation, the purpose of these descriptions is to provide a better understanding and familiarity of the present invention. They are not to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, any variation and modification based on the concept, shape and structural characteristics of this invention is covered by the applied patent application of the present invention.
Claims
1. A pillow which comprises:
- a) The first pillow section for a user to rest his/her head;
- b) At least one height adjustment unit comprising an elevator unit which connects to the first pillow section, and a support unit to work with the elevator unit as the control of the up and down movement of the first pillow section; and
- c) The pedestal which connects to the support unit of the height adjustment unit where the space above the pedestal and underneath the first pillow section defines the resting space for a user to rest his/her hands and arms.
2. The pillow of claim 1, wherein said elevator unit in said at least one height adjustment unit comprises a first iron bracket that connects to the lower side of the first pillow section, a first shell to cover the first iron bracket, and a first wave board and a vertical first hollow slot in the portion of the iron bracket that is not connected to the first pillow section.
3. The pillow of claim 2, wherein said support unit in said at least one height adjustment unit comprises of a second iron bracket that connects to the upper side of the pedestal and touches the first iron bracket to allow concurrent movement of the first iron bracket and first shell, a second shell that covers the second iron bracket and partially covered by the first shell, a second wave board that corresponds to and overlaps with the first wave board, and a second hollow slot that opposites to the first hollow slot.
4. The pillow of claim 3, wherein said at least one height adjustment unit comprises of a bolt that serves as the user-controlled knob, and a fastening piece connecting to the bolt where the bolt enters from outside of the first and second hollow slots, penetrates the first and second wave boards, and protrudes the second wave board to connect to the fastening piece.
5. The pillow of claim 4, further comprises a second pillow section placed above pedestal and adjacent to at least a height adjustment unit.
6. The pillow of claim 5, where the height of both sides of the second pillow section is lower than the lowest side of the first pillow section.
7. The pillow of claim 6, further comprises a third pillow section and another height adjustment unit that connects the third pillow section and the upper end of the pedestal, to render the third pillow section, along with its height adjustment unit, jointly adjacent to the second pillow section.
8. The pillow of claim 4, where at least one height adjustment unit is connected to the bottom of each of the two broader sides of the first pillow section, and the bottom of each height adjustment unit connects to the pedestal with the two arches of the pedestal facing each other to form an arm-resting space.
9. The pillow of claim 8, where the number of height adjustment unit is four with each height adjustment unit separately connects to the four corners under the first pillow section, and each height adjustment unit either connects separately to each pedestal, or two height adjustment units at each side connect together to the same pedestal.
10. The pillow of claim 8, where the number of height adjustment unit is three with two of the three height adjustment units separately connect to the front and back corners underneath one broader side of the first pillow section and another height adjustment unit connects to the middle portion underneath the other broader side of the first pillow section, and the bottom of each height adjustment unit individually connects to the pedestal.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 27, 2011
Publication Date: Jan 31, 2013
Inventors: Yi-Chen Tseng (Beidou Township), Yi-Heng Tian (Taichung City)
Application Number: 13/191,699
International Classification: A47G 9/10 (20060101);