Acupressure pillows

摘要

An acupressure pillow includes pressure members that are interconnected by an elastic member and arranged so that, when the user rests a body part (e.g., head or neck) on the pillow between the pressure members, the pressure members automatically adjust to accommodate the body part and produce pressure on the body part due at least in part to the elastic member, which biases the pressure members toward one another. Thus, the pressure exerted on the body part may have different vector components, including some pressure produced essentially perpendicular to the pillow surface on which the body part rests and some pressure produced at other angles due to the shape of the pressure members and the inward force on the pressure members produced by the elastic member.

主权项

1. An acupressure pillow configured to support at least one body part of a user; the acupressure pillow comprising:
a cushion material; and at least one pressure assembly disposed within the cushion material and configured to provide acupressure to said at least one body part of the user, wherein each pressure assembly comprises a pair of pressure members for providing such acupressure, the pair of pressure members movably interconnected by an elastic member that is attached to the pressure members such that the pressure members are biased toward one another, each pressure assembly further including a spacer to provide a nominal spacing between the pressure members, wherein a relaxed length of the elastic member is less than the nominal spacing between the pressure members so that the elastic member provides an inward force on the pressure members when the pressure members are separated by their nominal spacing due to the spacer.