Patent Application
20220408934
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The disclosure relates to pillow devices and more particularly pertains to a new pillow device for relieving lower back pain while sleeping. The device includes a sleeve that is wearable around a user's knee and a pair of cushions that are attached to the sleeve. Each of the cushions is positioned between each of the user's knees to space the user's legs apart from each other when the user sleeps on their side. In this way the cushions relieve lower back pain that can result from sleeping on one's side.
The prior art relates to pillow devices including a variety of knee pillow devices that are attachable to an inner side of a user's leg to space the user's legs apart from each other when the user is lying on their side. The prior art discloses a cushion that has wrapping elements for wrapping around a user's leg to space the user's legs apart from each other when the user is lying on their side. The prior art discloses a knee pad device for protecting a user's knee cap.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sleeve that can be worn around a user's knee. The sleeve has a knee opening extending through the sleeve to accommodate the user's knee cap when the sleeve is worn around the user's knee. A pair of cushions is each coupled to the sleeve. Each of the cushions is offset with respect to the knee opening such that each of the cushions is positioned on an inner side of the user's leg when the sleeve is worn around the user's knee. Each of the cushions has a substantial thickness to space the user's legs apart from each other when the user sleeps on their side for relieving lower back pain.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of cushions 34 is provided and each of the cushions 34 is coupled to the sleeve 12. Each of the cushions 34 is offset with respect to the first knee opening 16 such that each of the cushions 34 is positioned on an inner side 36 of the user's leg 38 when the sleeve 12 is worn around the user's knee 14. Each of the cushions 34 has a substantial thickness to space the user's legs 38 apart from each other when the user sleeps on their side for relieving lower back pain. Additionally, each of the cushions 34 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the user.
Each of the cushions 34 is positioned on an outer surface 40 of the outer wall 24 of the sleeve 12 and each of the cushions 34 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the top end 20 and the bottom end 22. Additionally, each of the cushions 34 is positioned on the first lateral side 30 of the outer wall 24 of the sleeve 12. In this way each of the cushions 34 can rest against the opposite leg 38 with respect to the leg 38 on which the sleeve 12 is positioned to space the user's legs 38 apart from each other. Each of the cushions 34 may have a thickness ranging between approximately 2.0 inches and 4.0 inches and a length ranging between approximately 6.0 inches and 10.0 inches. Additionally, the sleeve 12 may have a length ranging between approximately 18.0 inches and 22.0 inches and the sleeve 12 may be manufactured in a variety of diameters to accommodate different sizes of users.
Each of the cushions 34 has a front surface 42, a back surface 44 and an outer surface 46 extending between the front surface 42 and the back surface 44. An intersection between the front surface 42 and the outer surface 46 of the cushions 34 is rounded. An intersection between the back surface 44 and the outer surface 46 is rounded of the cushions 34 is rounded. Additionally, each of the front surface 42 and the back surface 44 slope toward each other between the first lateral side 30 of the sleeve 12 and the outer surface 40.
In use, the sleeve 12 is worn around the user's knee 14 when the user is going to sleep. The sleeve 12 is oriented such that each of the cushions 34 is positioned on the inner side 36 of the user's leg 38 on which the sleeve 12 is worn. In this way the cushions 34 rest against the user's opposite leg 38 when the user sleeps on their side. Thus, the cushions 34 space the user's legs 38 apart from each other to relieve lower back pain that can be caused when the user sleeps on their side. Additionally, the sleeve 12 and the cushions 34 alleviate the problem of using a pillow between the user's knees which constantly needs to be repositioned at the user moves during sleeping. In this way the user can enjoy continued relief from lower back pain when the user is sleeping.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
