Claims
- 1. A method for providing support to a person's lower torso, comprising:providing a support pillow comprising an inflatable cushion body having a medial region and first and second opposing arms extending from the medial region, said arms having respective first and second end portions remote from the medial region, wherein the arms are curved about a vertical axis, said cantilever arms and medial region cooperating to define an open well; inflating the support pillow; and separating the first and second ends relating to each other and placing the support pillow around the person's lower torso, with the first and second end portions of the arms being at the front of the person's torso, and with the medial region of the support pillow being adjacent the person's lower back, wherein the arms are biased around the person's torso sufficient to secure the support pillow to the person's torso and to hold the support pillow vertically positioned relative to the person's torso while the medial region is positioned Against the person's lower back.
- 2. A method as in claim 1, further comprising sitting in an upright position with the support pillow around the torso.
- 3. A method as in claim 2, wherein the sitting step further comprises sitting in a chair.
- 4. A method as in claim 2, wherein the cushion body is constructed of a rubber or a vinyl material.
- 5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising lying while the support pillow is around the torso.
- 6. A method for supporting an object in front of a person's torso, said method comprising:providing a support pillow comprising an inflatable cushion body having a medial region and first and second opposing arms extending from the medial region, said arms having respective first and second end portions remote from the medial region, wherein the arms are curved about a vertical axis to define a substantially toroidal configuration for the cushion body and to position the first and second end portions in a confronting touching relation to one another, said arms and medial region cooperating to define an open well, wherein the open well has a diameter in the range from about 4 inches to about 8 inches when the first and second ends are adjacent each other; inflating the support pillow; distancing the first and second ends from each other and placing the support pillow around the person's torso, with the first and second end portions of the arms being at the back of the person's torso, and with the medial region of the support pillow being adjacent the front of the person's torso, wherein the arms are biased around the person's torso sufficient to secure the support pillow to the person's torso and to hold the support pillow vertically positioned relative to the person's torso; and resting the object on the arms or the medial region while the arms are biased around the person's torso.
- 7. A method as in claim 6, wherein the person is sitting while resting the object on the arms.
- 8. A method as in claim 6, wherein the cushion body is constructed of a rubber or vinyl material.
- 9. A method as in claim 6, wherein the object comprises printed material that is rested on the medial region.
- 10. A method as in claim 6, wherein the object is a game that is rested on the medial region.
- 11. A method as in claim 6, wherein the object is the person's elbows that is rested on the medial region.
- 12. A method as in claim 6, wherein the object is the person's forearms that is rested on the medial region.
- 13. A method as in claim 6, further comprising typing on a keypad while resting the person's forearms on the support pillow.
- 14. A method as in claim 6, further comprising breast feeding a baby while resting the person's elbows or forearms and the baby on the support pillow.
- 15. A method as in claim 6, wherein the placing step further comprises resting at least a portion of the support pillow on the person's thighs.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of 09/799,759, filed Mar. 6, 2001 now abandoned, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/537,949, filed Mar. 28, 2000, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/265,163, filed Mar. 9, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,055,687), which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/831,803, filed Apr. 9, 1997 (now abandoned), which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/590,653, filed Jan. 24, 1996 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,661,861), the complete disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference.
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