Beds – Support means for discrete portion of user – useable with bed... – For lower body portions
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2008-11-04
Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)
Beds
Support means for discrete portion of user, useable with bed...
For lower body portions
C005S655300, C005S657000, C005S660000, C128S882000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07444699
ABSTRACT:
In some embodiments, an inflatable knee pillow including a body having an outer fabric surface, and an inflation valve, wherein the body defines straps (preferably two pairs of straps) and encloses a bladder (an inflatable volume), and the inflation valve is in fluid communication with the bladder. When deflated, the pillow has a thin profile and can be folded into a compact configuration. The straps are releasably fastenable around a user's leg so as to position an inflatable portion of the pillow against the inside of the user's knee (for example, to cushion and separate the user's knees from each other while the user sleeps on his or her side with the pillow inflated). Preferably, the body includes two sheets of multilayer material shaped and attached together so as to define the straps and the bladder, and the pillow has releasable fasteners (e.g., hook-and-loop fasteners) defined by or attached to the straps.
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Girard & Equitz LLP
Jackson Lisa A.
Jackson William B.
Trettel Michael
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