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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007044 | Mother'S hand headrest A headrest for baby to be used in baby seats and car seats is disclosed. The headrest includes two conjoined soft hands which are joined to the wrist at some angle to form wide U or boat shape. The head of the baby rest into the soft conjoined hands and the chin res... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7393057 | Portable adjustable headrest A portable headrest apparatus engages a top of a chair with a U-shaped bracket sized for clamping onto the chair top. The bracket provides a quick-release clamp holding a telescoping rod extending downwardly. An adjustable elbow joint at a downwardly terminal end of... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7174583 | Adjustable height foundation A height-adjustable mattress assembly is constructed of a mattress foundation and an optional frame assembly with a plurality of ground support members supporting the mattress foundation. The ground support members can be attached to the frame assembly in at least t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168114 | Medical device arm rest An arm positioning device for scanning devices and the like is described. The device has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first leg and a second leg. Each of the legs has a first end and a second end. The first end of each leg has a height less than the height of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7097243 | Child's car seat cushion A method of helping to secure an infant in a child's car seat and to prevent slouching of the infant in the car seat includes the step of placing a cushion having a unitary tube shaped structure into the car seat and placing an infant into the car seat where the tub... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7055908 | Extended interfaced, under and around chin, head support system for resting while sitting A head support system for supporting the user's head in an at least generally upright disposition, while the user, for example, naps or sleeps or otherwise rests while traveling sitting in a seat. The head support element (1) interfaces with the underside of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055524 | Airway management device An apparatus for maintaining airway passages open that includes a base and a horizontal bar member slidably connected to a U-shaped member attached to the base. A pair of posts having padded heads or end members for contacting the mandibular angle of a jaw of a pers... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6973691 | Head, neck and upper body support pillow A portable, elongated support pillow that when propped between the chin and lap of the user limits both head and torso movements caused by resting or sleeping while sitting in an upright position. The pillow is a single unit having a top contour, a bottom contour an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957612 | Raised lap-fitted work-top A raised lap top work surface utilizes a concave area for comfortable use and positioning on a user's legs. V-shaped arching leg support surfaces provide reliable positioning of the raised lap top work surface on the user's lap. The raised lap top work surface has a... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6811222 | Chin and neck brace This invention discloses a chin and head support device or brace enabling the head to move at will while allowing a rest at the chin and while supporting the weight of the head. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6789851 | Child's sleep collar A child's sleep collar for use with a child safety seat that includes a pair of collar supports, forming a left and a right collar support. Each of the collar supports has a body, an attachment end, and a coupling end. The attachment end includes an attachment strap... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6758526 | Child's headrest A child's headrest for baby seats and car seats is disclosed. The headrest generally includes a base pad adapted to receive the child's head and rest over the seat. Two side cushions are connected to the base pad and generally run along the child's temples, cheeks a... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6721978 | Head bed A head bed having a head cushion adapted to extend in an inclined position on the upwardly-facing top surface of a support adjacent an edge of the support, and an upper torso cushion adapted to hang down across the edge of the support. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6641221 | Child's safety seat pillow An improved head and neck support pillow is presented that is light-weight, washable, and can be attached to a standard child's safety seat. The pillow is designed to support a child's head and neck while the child is in the seat and the vehicle is in ope... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6523901 | Child's sleep collar A child's sleep collar for use with a child safety seat that includes a pair of collar supports, forming a left and a right collar support. Each of the collar supports has a body, an attachment end, and a coupling end. The attachment end includes an attac... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6219865 | Head support This disclosure relates to a head support that is comfortably resilient and adjustable to fit around the neck and under the lower jaw of the wearer to support the head in a generally erect posture enabling the wearer to relax, and perhaps sleep, while sta... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6116691 | Head support pillow A head support pillow formed of a visco-elastic foam that is securable to a car seat, baby carrier, or the like that includes a number of support surfaces for maintaining the head of a user in an upright position by providing support to the back of the he... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5975638 | Pillow for sleeping upright in a chair A dual unit to gently and user adjustably support a user's head from slumping either too much forward or too much to either side while allowing proper air circulation for user comfort when the user is in an upright position with the unit releaseably held ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971890 | Chin and neck exerciser A chin and neck exercising device made from foam and which may be in the shape of a ball is disclosed. One half of the ball may be made from one type of foam and the other half of the ball may be made from another type of foam. In this way, different resi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5934754 | Automobile pet head rest A pet head rest that is attachable to the top edge of an automobile passenger side or driver side window. The head rest provides a cushioned support for a dog to rest its head when extending same outside of the automobile window. The head rest includes an... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5645319 | Passenger's pillow An inflatable pillow on which passengers seated in rows of forward-facing seats may lean forward, rest their heads, and relax. The pillow's shape, once inflated, is predetermined to substantially occupy the space in front of such passengers. In one embodi... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5633286 | Gelatinous elastomer articles Novel composites are formed from a low rigidity oriented and non-oriented gelatinous elastomer composition of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) or poly(styrene-ethylene-proplene-styrene) triblock copolymer and high levels of a plasticizing oil.... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5508334 | Thermoplastic elastomer gelatinous compositions and articles Novel gelatinous compositions and articles are fromed from an intimate melt blend admixture of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) triblock copolymer and high levels of a plasticizing oil. The gelatinous composition is transparent and have a novel combinat... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5336708 | Gelatinous elastomer articles Novel composites are formed from a low rigidity gelatinous elastomer composition of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) triblock copolymer and high levels of a plasticizing oil. The gelatinous elastomer composition is physically interlocked with an op... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5334646 | Thermoplastic elastomer gelatinous articles Novel gelatinous compositions and articles are formed from an intimate melt blend admixture of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) triblock copolymer and high levels of a plasticizing oil. The gelatinous composition is transparent and have a novel combinat... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5222779 | Chaise lounge At times a person may wish to lie on a chaise lounge in a prone position. The chaise lounge has a head support section that includes a head rest. The head rest has a T-shaped or triangular opening for accommodating the person's face. The head support sect... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4976494 | Forward recumbent posture pod The present invention relates to a forward recumbent posture pod (10) for supporting the anterior torso of an infant residing therein while allowing for substantially unrestricted movement of the infant's limbs and head. The forward recumbent posture pod ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4943117 | Body weight distribution support chair A chair for computer users, sculptors, electronic assembly line workers and others wherein the weight of the body of the user is concentrated between the ankles and knee by permitting the chair user to position his or her body somewhat forwardly, while pr... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4858991 | Chair for infants A chair, particularly adapted for use by infants, is disclosed, including a chair body having a generally upright part with a forwardly inclined supporting surface and an interconnected rearwardly extending lower part adapted to form a seat for the infant... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4699423 | Chair system particularly useful for a dental office A chair system particularly useful for a dental office or other operatory wherein the head region of a subject is to be treated by a dentist or other operator, comprises a subject's chair for seating the subject in an upright position; an operator's chair... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4593929 | Wheelchair The vehicle has a pair of spaced apart side frames disposed and spaced apart in parallel relationship. Each of the side frames is provided with a caster wheel and a drive wheel. A seat base assembly is provided above the frame assemblies and is movably in... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4565408 | Portable head support for sleeping or resting in a sitting position A portable device for human head support for sleeping or resting in a sitting position. The device is provided with a strip of flexible material, on which the lower surface of the user's face rests, the strip connected to two rigid cushioned supports in a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4235472 | Sleeping device for sitting position A set of block-like pillow components which can be assembled in various ways so to accomodate different body resting positions while sitting up, instead of laying down, the components also including one so to serve as a food tray, and in a modified design... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4128317 | Positioning means for ophthalmic examinations Head positioning means, accomodated on a stand used in conjunction with equipment for examinations of the eyes with conventional lower and upper support ledges, comprising a bi-directionally movable chin support mounted on the lower ledge; two, by means o... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4102564 | Portable device for the accurate measurement of eye movements both in light and obscurity A portable device for accurately measuring horizontal and vertical movements of each eye of a subject by reflecting thereon non-modulated invisible infrared light and converting the movements into continuous voltages. The device comprises emitters and det... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4026448 | Bike carrier sleeper A sleeper's elongated back with incorporated top and sides; comprising two rear stabilizing units, thereby securing the attachable invention to a child carrier's backrest. A mountable chin stabilizer and face shield are additions to the invention.... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3946452 | Adjustable head and shoulder rest An adjustable head and shoulder rest is disclosed which is intended primarily for supporting the upper body while lying face down with the head vertically positioned or turned to either the left or right side to any degree up to approximately forty five d... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3938820 | Invalid cart and lift An invalid cart and lift, designed primarily for use in hospitals and the like, is comprised of a horizontally disposed frame movable on two back wheels and a front steering wheel. A steering shaft, extending vertically from the front steering wheel, has ... | 02/17/1976 |