Patent Application
20180213953
The present disclosure relates generally to comfort systems and more particularly to beach pillows for sunbathing and the like which accommodate the user and which is conveniently portable.
The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art, and therefore, nothing herein should be construed as an admission by the inventor or his/her legal representative that the information disclosed herein is prior art.
A frequent scene at resort beaches, lakes, swimming pools, and the like is a person or group struggling from their vehicle to a selected site on the beach, carrying a variety of beach supplies. While food and drink coolers, balls, pails, and the like may or may not be included, almost universally the burden will include assorted blankets and towels, and pillows.
Beach towels are known that are made of a variety of materials such as, for example, cotton, terry cloth, polyester, or other natural and man-made fabrics. Beach towels may have a rectangular shape and may be elongated in one direction to allow the user to lay the towel on the sand, chaise lounge, or pool side surface in order to provide a barrier between the user and the sand, chaise lounge, or pool side surface. One essential drawback of these beach towels is that they provide little to no comfort and act merely as a barrier to dirt and sand. In addition, the towels are large and inconvenient to carry about, especially when carried in addition to chairs, coolers, pails, and beach toys.
Likewise, there are various types of pillows available to be used in different environments. Most of these pillows or pillow-like articles are stuffed with foam, cotton cloth and may become misshaped with use. Further such pillows are not particularly suitable for the beach where they may be subject to water and exposed to sand.
The present disclosure involves a comfort system involving a water absorbent pillow cover and an inflatable bladder that adapts into a pillow configuration. The comfort system of the present disclosure provides reduced weight and reduced storage volume consumption and portable configuration for general use. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to a leisure or a recreation-type pillow for use at the beach, pool side, and camping to enhance the user's comfort.
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a comfortable setting for a person to enjoy the sun at the beach or poolside.
It is still another object of this disclosure to provide a water absorbent cover to allow the use of the pillow in the water as a headrest.
It is yet another object of the present disclosure to alleviate the inconveniences associated with bringing necessary paraphernalia to the beach.
It is a further object of the present disclosure to provide a beach pillow which is configured for convenient folding into a compact arrangement requiring reduced weight and reduced storage space, which may be easily carried as desired.
These and other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description, particularly when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Accordingly, the present disclosure will be understood best through consideration of, and with reference to, the following drawing Figures, viewed in conjunction with the Detailed Description of the Preferred and Selected Alternate Embodiments referring thereto, in which like reference numbers throughout the various Figures designate like structure, and in which:
It is to be noted that the figures presented are intended solely for the purpose of illustration and that they are, therefore, neither desired nor intended to limit the disclosure to any or all of the exact details, steps, flow or order as shown, except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the claimed disclosure.
In describing the example embodiments of the present disclosure illustrated in
The present disclosure relates to a comfort system such as, for example, a beach pillow or headrest designed to keep a user cool and comfortable when sunbathing, using a tanning bed or reclining near a pool, a beach, a lake. The comfort system may be adapted for use at the beach, or pool side, where such pillow includes a water absorbent cover for use in or near water. The comfort system of the present invention provides reduced weight and reduced storage volume consumption and portable configuration for general use. The comfort system may include a housing in a generally rectangular configuration having a top surface and a bottom surface with a front edge and a rear edge and side edges. The comfort system may utilize an inflatable bladder and water absorbent material such as, terry cloth to give comfort to the user.
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The housing 12 preferably is a soft, foldable, water absorbent material such as terry cloth sufficient to absorb large amounts of water. The housing 12 is preferably rectangular in shape and may be stitched along the front edge 14, rear edge 16 and at least one of the side edges 16a. . . 16b. When the comfort system 10 is in a closed position as show in
The comfort system 10 may be converted into the unfolded inflated configuration as shown in
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It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the sole embodiment described above, Accordingly, while a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure is described herein, it is appreciated that modifications are possible that are within the scope of the present disclosure. One should note that conditional language, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” or “may,” unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do not include certain features, elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required for one or more particular embodiments or that one or more particular embodiments necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without user input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/or steps are included or are to be performed in any particular embodiment.
It should be emphasized that the above-described embodiments are merely possible examples of implementations merely set forth for a clear understanding of the principles of the present disclosure. Many variations and modifications may be made to the above described embodiment(s) without departing substantially from the spirit and principles of the present disclosure. Further, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any and all combinations and sub-combinations of all elements, features, and aspects discussed above. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of the present disclosure, and all possible claims to individual aspects or combinations of elements or steps are intended to be supported by the present disclosure. One skilled in the art with the benefit of this disclosure would appreciate that a multitude of variations and modifications are possible and would be within the scope of the present disclosure.
