Patent · US Expired

Roll-up travel pillow with compression wrapper

US5802644A · kind A · utility

36Cited by
16References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1997
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G9/10
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A travel pillow includes a block of resilient, open cell foam material that can be compressed, rolled-up and secured within an outer protective covering. The outer protective covering includes a pre-stretched, dimensionally stable compression wrapper of a hook or loop-compatible fabric material, a strip of complementary hook or loop fastener material secured along one edge portion and a compression rod secured along an opposite edge portion of the wrapper. The resilient foam pillow block and protective compression wrapper are convolutely wound together about the compression rod as the resilient foam block is rolled-up and compressed. The pillow assembly is releasably secured in the rolled-up, compressed configuration by engagement of the complementary fastener strip with the hook or loop-compatible fabric material.

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