JP2002177114A - Pillow - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pillow by which the user's respiratory track is secured and which substantially prevents snoring. SOLUTION: The pillow 1 has a scruff contact surface 2 with which the user's scruff comes into contact in the state of the user lying supine and an occipital region contact surface 3 with which the user's occipital region comes into contact. The highest position of the scruff contact surface 2 is formed as a mountain ridge 2a and the occipital region contact surface 3 is formed in a mountain shape so as to incline in a downward direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pillow used at bedtime.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pillows to be used at bedtime have been made in various shapes, but pillows 21 generally have a shape as shown in FIG. The conventional pillow 21 shown in FIG. 6 is configured such that a user 22 lies on his / her back and places a head 23 thereon.
When 3 is placed, the jaw 24 is slightly downward and the portion from the neck 25 to the back of the head 26 is inclined upward.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional pillow 21 has the following features.
In a state where the user 22 is lying on his or her back, that is, in a general sleeping posture, the jaw 24 is slightly downward and the portion from the neck 25 to the back of the head 26 is inclined upward, so that the tongue base (shown in the figure) is used. No), and the airway 27 narrows. This often results in imperfect breathing and increased snoring. For this reason, a good night's sleep is hindered, and a feeling of fatigue is left when waking up. In addition, there is a problem that a person sleeping in the vicinity is uncomfortable due to large snoring. It should be noted that some people wear a U-shaped ring for snoring prevention in their nose, but this does not solve the fundamental problem because the tongue base tends to fall and the airway 27 becomes narrower.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pillow in which the airway is secured while the user is lying on his back and snoring is difficult.

[0005]

The above object can be attained by the pillow described in the claims.

In the pillow according to the first aspect, when the user lies on his / her back, the neck is in contact with the mountain ridge and the back of the head is inclined downward. This makes it difficult for the user's tongue base to fall off and secures the airway, so that the user can breathe normally and snoring hardly.

[0007] According to the pillow of the second aspect, the temporal holding portions formed on both sides of the occipital contact surface hold the user's temporal region on both the left and right sides, so the head is turned sideways. Is prevented. Thereby, the state where the airway is secured is continued.

According to the pillow of the third aspect, since the inside of the outer cloth is filled with the flexible pipe-shaped member, the pillow fits the body shape of the user without difficulty and has good air permeability.

According to the pillow of the fourth aspect, the wooden tip member is mixed in the outer cloth, so that the user can have a relaxed feeling at bedtime.

[0010] According to the pillow of the fifth aspect, since the magnetic member is mixed in the outer cloth, the blood circulation of the user can be improved.

According to the pillow of the sixth aspect, the wooden tip member and the magnetic member are mixed in the outer cloth, so that the user can have a relaxed feeling at bedtime,
Blood circulation improves.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pillow 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 4 shows the pillow 1
FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the user 4 is lying on his back using the pillow 1. The pillow 1 has a neck contact surface 2 with which the neck 5 of the user 4 contacts while the user 4 is lying on his back, and an occipital contact surface 3 with which the occipital region 6a of the head 6 contacts. As shown in FIG. 3, the pillow 1 has a mountain ridge 2 a at the highest position of the neck contact surface 2 which is formed in an inclined shape, and the occipital contact surface 3 is formed in a mountain shape (the vertical cross-sectional shape is substantially triangular) which is inclined in the descending direction. Have been. When the user 4 lays on his back as shown in FIG. 5, the pillow 1 thus formed has a substantially middle portion of the neck 5 of the user 4 abutting on the top 2a of the neck contact surface 2 and the occipital region. Since the rear head 6a which is in contact with the contact surface 3 is inclined in the descending direction, the tip of the jaw 7 of the user 4 is directed obliquely upward. Thereby, the tongue base (not shown) of the user 4 is not lowered, and the airway 8 is opened (the airway 8 is secured).
Breathing can be facilitated, snoring can be prevented, and a good night's sleep can be achieved. Note that a semicircular cloth 9 is sewn on the occipital contact surface 3 of the pillow 1 so that the occipital region 6a of the user 4 is softly contacted with the occipital contact surface 3.

[0013] Both side portions (left and right portions) of the back head contact surface 3 of the pillow 1
Temporal holding parts 10 and 11 are formed in the head. Since the temporal holding portions 10 and 11 are formed higher than the occipital contact surface 3, when the user 4 lies down on his / her back, the temporal region of the user 4 is held by the temporal holding portions 10 and 11, It is difficult to swing left and right. Thereby, the state in which the airway 8 of the user 4 is secured can be continued.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pillow 1 comprises an outer cloth 12 and
And a filling member 13 to be filled into the outer cloth 12.
The outer cloth 12 is sewn in advance except for a part so that a required amount of the filling member 13 is formed as shown in FIG. 4 when the outer cloth 12 is filled. After filling, the part is sewn. Filling member 13
A flexible pipe-shaped member 14 is used. For this reason, the pillow 1 has good air permeability and cushioning properties, so that the user 4 does not feel hard. User 4
It has the feature that it easily fits the body shape of

The pillow 1 may be filled with only the pipe-like member 14 as described above, or as shown in FIG. 3, a wooden tip member 15 such as hinoki may be mixed. Thus, the pipe-shaped member 14 and the wooden tip member 15 are used as the filling member 13.
When the pillow 1 is used in combination, the user 4 of the pillow 1 can relax his / her feeling at bedtime.

The pipe-shaped member 1 is used as the filling member 13.
When the pillow 1 and the magnetic member (not shown) are mixed and used, the user 4 of the pillow 1 has good blood circulation due to the magnetism generated from the magnetic member, which is beneficial for health.

Further, the pipe-shaped member 1 is used as the filling member 13.
When the wooden tip member 15 and the above-mentioned magnetic member are mixed in 4, the user 4 can relax his / her feeling at bedtime and can improve blood circulation.

When the pillow 1 constructed as described above is used by the user 4 as shown in FIG. 5, the neck 5 of the user 4 comes into contact with the ridge 2a of the neck contact surface 2, and the occipital region 6a Since the occipital region 6a comes into contact with the occipital region contact surface 3, the occipital region 6a is inclined in the downward direction, and the tip of the chin 7 is directed obliquely upward. Accordingly, the user 4 is in a state in which the airway 8 is secured, so that the user 4 can easily breathe, and can prevent apnea and snoring. As a result, since it is possible to sleep well without disturbing the people around, it is good for health.

The pillow 1 according to the embodiment described above is an example, and is not limited to the one shown in FIGS.
Any configuration may be used as long as the airway 8 is secured while the user 4 is lying on his back.

[0020]

According to the present invention, since the airway is secured while the user is lying on his back, normal breathing is possible and snoring can be made difficult. This allows
It is good for your health because you can sleep without disturbing the people around you.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pillow.

FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrows AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective external view of a pillow.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a use state of the pillow.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a use state of a conventional pillow.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 pillow 2 neck contact surface 3 occipital contact surface 4 user 5 nape 6 head 6a occipital region 7 jaw 8 airway 9 semicircular cloth 10 temporal holding section 11 temporal holding section 12 outer cloth 13 filling member 14 pipe member 15 Wooden chip members

Claims (6)

[Claims] An occipital contact surface with which the user's neck contacts with the user's occipital region when the user is lying on his back, and a occipital contact surface with which the user's occipital region contacts, wherein the highest position of the nape contact surface is a mountain ridge. The pillow, wherein the occipital contact surface is formed in a mountain shape so as to be inclined in a descending direction. 2. The pillow according to claim 1, wherein temporal holding portions for holding the temporal region of the user are formed on both sides of the occipital contact surface. 3. The pillow according to claim 1, wherein the outer cloth is filled with a flexible pipe-shaped member. 4. The pillow according to claim 3, wherein a wooden chip member is mixed inside the outer cloth. 5. The pillow according to claim 3, wherein a magnetic member is mixed inside the outer cloth. 6. The pillow according to claim 3, wherein a wooden chip member and a magnetic member are mixed inside the outer cloth.