KR102517121B1 - Functional pillow - Google Patents

Abstract

A functional pillow is provided. The functional pillow includes a body portion having a first portion including a head support portion and a cervical spine support portion, and the head support portion includes a U-shaped first groove.

Description

Functional pillow {Functional pillow}

The present invention relates to a functional pillow.

As pain-related diseases such as joints and muscles increase due to recent changes in people's living environment, interest in posture correction in daily life is rapidly increasing.

Accordingly, product manufacturers are releasing various products for correct posture in daily life, and in particular, products such as mattresses and pillows for correct posture during sleep are being actively developed.

In particular, interest in functional pillows for correcting sleeping posture and improving the quality of sleep in relation to rapidly increasing neck discs has recently increased rapidly. Patent Nos. 2006-0120973 and 2013-0050409.

In the case of the invention of Korean Patent Publication No. 2006-0120973, a support groove supporting the back of the head is formed in the upper center of the body in which the contents are embedded to maintain the cushion, and supports are formed on the left and right sides of the support groove to support the side head. , A pillow in which a protruding neck support is integrally formed in the support groove and the support is disclosed so as to increase in height in the order of the support groove, the support, and the neck support.

In addition, in the case of the invention of Korean Patent Publication No. 2013-0050409, an air hole is placed in the center of the upper surface of the pillow body in which materials such as memory foam, soft foam, integral skin foam, and polyurethane foam are foamed through a foamer to support the back of the user. A headrest included is formed, and on the left and right sides of the headrest, an ear depression prevention holder to prevent ear depression when the user lies sideways and an eye wrinkle prevention holder to prevent squeezing the skin and muscles around the eyes are formed. In addition, there is disclosed a pillow in the form of including a C-shaped neck support along the curve of the neck.

However, since each person has a different body shape and different sleeping habits, it may be difficult for the functional pillows to stably support the body according to various body shapes and postures.

In addition, the conventional patented invention has a problem in that it does not consider factors such as noise and scent in addition to the shape of the pillow in the quality of sleep.

An object of the present invention is to provide a functional pillow that stably supports the user's body and at the same time provides white noise and fragrance to further improve the quality of sleep.

The tasks of the present invention are not limited to the tasks mentioned above, and other technical tasks not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

A functional pillow according to an embodiment for solving the above problems includes a body portion having a first portion including a head support portion and a cervical spine support portion, and the head support portion includes a U-shaped first groove.

The head support part may have a thickness of 15 mm to 30 mm, the cervical support part may have a thickness of 85 mm to 95 mm, and the body part may have a weight of 800 g to 1200 g.

A second part disposed on one side of the first part and a third part disposed on the other side of the first part, wherein the second part, the first part, and the third part are sequentially arranged in a first direction. And, the second part and the third part may be respectively disposed with ear depression prevention grooves.

The head support part and the cervical spine support part are sequentially disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction, the width of the first groove in the first direction is 20 mm to 30 mm, and the thickness direction of the first groove The depth of may be 10 mm to 15 mm.

The first portion may further include second grooves, third grooves, and fourth grooves respectively extending in the second direction.

The second groove, the third groove, and the fourth groove may be spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

One surface and the other surface of the body portion may be formed in the same shape.

It further includes a first cover disposed above the body and a second cover disposed below the body, and a direction unit emitting aroma and a white noise unit outputting white noise are disposed on an outer surface of the second cover. It can be.

Thicknesses of the second part and the third part may be 110 mm to 120 mm, respectively.

Each of the second groove, the third groove, and the fourth groove may extend from one surface of the body to the other surface.

Other embodiment specifics are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the functional pillow according to an embodiment, it is possible to stably support the user's cervical spine and head.

In addition, since the front and back surfaces of the pillow have the same structure, both sides can be used to increase the convenience of use.

Furthermore, it is possible to further improve the quality of sleep by providing customized white noise and scent to the user's sleep pattern.

Effects according to the embodiments are not limited by the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in this specification.

1 is a perspective view of a functional pillow according to an embodiment.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of a functional pillow according to one embodiment.
Figure 3 is a plan view schematically showing the body portion of the functional pillow according to one embodiment.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the body portion of the functional pillow according to one embodiment.
5 is a view schematically showing a state when weight is applied to a head support unit according to an embodiment.
6 is a view schematically illustrating a cross-section of a body portion cut along the center according to an exemplary embodiment.
7 is a view schematically illustrating a folding state of a body part according to an exemplary embodiment.
8 is a view schematically showing the dispersion of force of the cervical support unit according to an embodiment.
9 is a view schematically showing a distribution of force of a head support unit according to an exemplary embodiment.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them, will become clear with reference to the detailed description of the following embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms, only these embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the holder of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

When an element or layer is referred to as being "on" another element or layer, it includes all cases where another element or layer is directly on top of another element or another layer or other element intervenes therebetween. Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification. The shapes, sizes, ratios, angles, numbers, etc. disclosed in the drawings for explaining the embodiments are illustrative, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a functional pillow according to an embodiment, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the functional pillow according to an embodiment, Figure 3 is a plan view schematically showing a body portion of the functional pillow according to an embodiment, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the body of a functional pillow according to one embodiment, Figure 5 is a view schematically showing a state when weight is applied to the head support according to one embodiment, Figure 6 is a body according to one embodiment It is a view schematically showing a cross-sectional shape of the portion cut along the center, Figure 7 is a view schematically showing the folding shape of the body portion according to an embodiment, Figure 8 is a view showing the distribution of force of the cervical spine support according to an embodiment It is a schematic diagram, and FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing the dispersion of force of the head support unit according to one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a functional pillow FP according to an embodiment may include a frame portion FRP and a direction portion AP and a white noise portion WNP respectively disposed on the side of the frame portion FRP. there is. In FIG. 1 , it is illustrated that the direction unit AP and the white noise unit WNP are disposed along the first direction (X-axis direction) on the same side surface, but this is an example and is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the aroma unit AP may emit an aroma conducive to sleep. To this end, a fragrance module including a fragrance patch may be disposed inside the fragrance unit AP, and a plurality of direction passages are formed on the outer surface of the fragrance unit AP so that the aroma emitted from the fragrance module can be emitted to the outside. It can be. In addition, the amount of emission of aroma may be controlled by opening and closing each of the plurality of direction passages of the direction unit AP.

In some embodiments, opening and closing of multiple directional passages may be controlled in stages. For example, it can be divided into step 1 in which 1/3 of the passages in multiple directions are opened, step 2 in which 2/3 of the passages in multiple directions are opened, and step 3 in which 3/3 of the passages in multiple directions are opened. However, opening and closing of multiple directional passages can be controlled in various stages.

In some embodiments, each of the plurality of directional passages of the direction unit AP may be opened and closed by a manual type controlled by a slide button, and in some embodiments, each of the plurality of directional passages senses a user's movement and thus Correspondingly, it may be made of an electronic type that automatically opens and closes.

In some embodiments, the frame unit FRP may include a motion sensor capable of detecting a user's motion. A controller and a plurality of pressure sensors may be disposed in the motion sensor. A plurality of pressure sensors may detect pressure due to support of the user's head or neck of the functional pillow FP. Such a pressure sensor may sense a change in pressure and transmit it to the control unit. The controller may sense the movement of the user's head and neck step by step on the functional pillow FP based on the amount of change in pressure detected by the pressure sensor. For example, the control unit may classify a first step with the smallest change in pressure, a second step with an intermediate change in pressure, and a third step with the largest change in pressure. A control signal and a third stage control signal may be generated and transmitted to the direction unit AP and the white noise unit WNP. The direction unit AP may open one-third of passages in multiple directions when receiving a first-stage control signal from the control unit, and the direction unit AP may open multiple direction passages when receiving a second-stage control signal from the control unit. 2/3 of the passages may be opened, and the direction unit AP may be configured to open 3/3 of the plurality of directional passages when receiving a third step control signal from the controller. In some embodiments, the direction unit AP may be made of a flexible material.

In some embodiments, white noise helpful for sleep may be output from the white noise unit (WNP). To this end, a white noise generating module including a speaker may be disposed inside the white noise unit WNP, and a plurality of sound passages may be formed on an outer surface of the white noise unit WNP. In addition, the output of white noise can be adjusted by opening and closing the plurality of noise passages of the white noise unit (WNP) or adjusting the volume of the speaker.

In some embodiments, the white noise generating module may consist of a film speaker. For example, it may be a film type piezoelectric speaker using a PVDF film. However, it is not limited thereto. In addition, in order to maintain the flexibility of the film speaker, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the film speaker may use a flexible printed circuit board, and a battery that supplies power may also use a flexible battery. However, it is not limited thereto.

Taking a case in which the output of white noise is adjusted by the volume of the speaker as an example, the white noise unit (WNP) can set the volume of the speaker to step 1 when receiving the first step control signal from the controller, and the white noise unit (WNP) can set the volume of the speaker to a second level higher than the first level when receiving the second level control signal from the control unit, and the white noise unit (WNP) can set the speaker volume when receiving the third level control signal from the control unit. It may be configured to set the volume of the third level higher than the second level.

Although not shown in FIG. 1 , a power supply unit and a charging terminal for turning on and off the direction unit AP and the white noise unit WNP may be disposed outside the functional pillow FP.

In some embodiments, the frame unit FRP may further include a temperature sensor, and when a temperature of 40° C. or higher is detected, a temperature warning signal may be generated and transmitted to the white noise unit, and the white noise unit receiving the temperature warning signal may generate a temperature warning signal and transmit the temperature warning signal to the white noise unit. A warning tone may be generated. This is to detect an abnormality in the user's body temperature and prevent damage caused by an indoor fire during sleep.

In some embodiments, the frame part FRP may further include a position sensor. Accordingly, the position of the functional pillow FP can be sensed in real time, so that the position of the functional pillow FP can be easily identified.

In some embodiments, the frame part FRP may further include a humidity sensor. Accordingly, when the humidity is out of the set range, a humidity warning signal may be generated and transmitted to the white noise unit, and the white noise unit receiving the humidity warning signal may generate a humidity warning voice. Accordingly, the user can maintain a comfortable environment by adjusting the humidity in the room.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a functional pillow FP according to an embodiment includes a first cover CV1, a first pad PD1 under the first cover CV1, and a body under the first pad PD1. A portion BP, a second pad PD2 under the body portion BP, and a second cover CV2 under the second pad PD2 may be included.

In some embodiments, the second cover CV2 includes an internal accommodating space, and in the accommodating space of the second cover CV2, the second pad PD2, the body part BP, and the first pad PD1 are provided. The first cover CV1 may be disposed and covered on the first pad PD1, and the first cover CV1 and the second cover CV2 are fastened by a connecting member. It can be. For example, the connection member may be made of various configurations such as zippers, snap buttons, and Velcro.

In some embodiments, the direction unit AP and the white noise unit WNP may be disposed on an outer surface of the second cover CV2. However, it is not limited thereto, and the direction unit AP and the white noise unit WNP may be disposed on the outer surface of the first cover CV1.

In some embodiments, the first pad PD1 and the second pad PD2 may be pads made of cotton or goose down, and the body part BP may be made of latex. However, it is not limited thereto. Also, the first pad PD1 and the second pad PD2 may be disposed along the morphology of the body part.

In some embodiments, the first cover CV1 , the first pad PD1 , the body part BP, the second pad PD2 , and the second cover CV2 may overlap each other in a third direction (Z-axis direction). there is.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 9 , the body part BP has a first part P1 where the head support part HSP and the cervical spine support part CSP are located, and disposed on both sides of the first part P1, respectively. It may include a second part P1 and a third part P3. For example, the second part P2, the first part P1, and the third part P3 may be sequentially positioned in the body part BP in the first direction (X-axis direction). Each of the second part (P2) and the third part (P3) may be a part used when the user lies on his side, and the first part (P1) is when the user is lying on his back (when lying in a direction facing upward). It may be a part used for

The length of the first portion P1 in the first direction (X-axis direction) may be 270 mm to 290 mm, and the length of the second portion P2 in the first direction (X-axis direction) may be 175 mm to 190 mm. The third portion P3 may have a length of 175 mm to 190 mm in the first direction (X-axis direction).

In some embodiments, when the total area of the body part BP is taken as 100, the area of the first part P1 may be 40%, and the area of each of the second part P2 and the third part P3 may be 40%. may be 30%.

In some embodiments, the total weight of the body part BP may be 1000g to 1100g, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the total weight of the body part BP may be between 800g and 1200g to match the pillow play.

In some embodiments, the first part P1 may include a head support part HSP contacting the user's head and a cervical support part CSP contacting the user's neck part. A first groove H1 may be located in the first part P1 in a form surrounding the outside of the user's head. As shown in FIG. 5, the pressure on both sides of the back of the user is minimized by the first U-shaped groove H1, so that the back of the head can be comfortably lowered.

The width a1 of the first groove H1 in the first direction (X-axis direction) may be 20 mm to 30 mm, and the width a2 of the first groove H1 in the third direction (Z-axis direction) (or depth) may be 10 mm to 15 mm, and the total length of the first U-shaped groove H1 may be 250 mm to 280 mm. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5 , even when pressure is applied to the head support part HSP, deformation does not occur in the second part P2 and the third part P3, and the back of the head of the user can be wrapped.

A plurality of grooves extending in the second direction (Y-axis direction) may be disposed in the first portion P1. For example, the first portion P1 includes a second groove H2, a third groove H3, and a fourth groove H4 passing through the support part HSP and the cervical spine support part CSP in a second direction (Y-axis direction). ) can be placed. The second groove H2, the third groove H3, and the fourth groove H4 provide comfort to the user by providing a passage of air while the user's head and neck are in contact, and as shown in FIG. 7, the body part BP ) facilitates the bending of Also, as shown in FIG. 9 , the second groove H2, the third groove H3, and the fourth groove H4 serve to effectively distribute body pressure from the user's head and neck.

In some embodiments, the second groove H2, the third groove H3, and the fourth groove H4 extend in the second direction (Y-axis direction) and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction (X-axis direction). It can be.

Grooves may be disposed in the second part P2 and the third part P3 to prevent discomfort from being pressed when the user lies on his or her side. For example, a fifth groove H5, which is an ear depression prevention groove, may be disposed in the second portion P2, and a sixth groove H6, which is an ear depression prevention groove, may be disposed in the third portion P3. In some embodiments, a plurality of holes may be formed in the fifth groove H5 and the sixth groove H6. However, it is not limited thereto.

The head support part HSP may be disposed in a concave shape in the cervical spine support part CSP, the second part P2 and the third part P3.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the other surface of the body part BP may have the same configuration as that of the aforementioned one surface of the body part BP. That is, the first part P1 where the head support part HSP and the cervical vertebrae support part CSP are located on one side and the other side of the body part BP, respectively, and the second part disposed on both sides around the first part P1, respectively. It may include a part P2 and a third part P3, and one surface and the other surface of the body part BP may have the same shape.

4 and 6 together, in some embodiments, the thickness of the second part P2 and the third part P3 of the head support part HSP and the cervical spine support part CSP in the third direction (Z-axis direction) may be made differently. For example, the thickness d1 of the cervical spine support part CSP in the third direction (Z-axis direction) may be 85 mm to 95 mm, and the third direction (Z-axis direction) of the second part P2 The thickness d2 may be made of 110 mm to 120 mm, the thickness d3 of the third portion P3 in the third direction (Z-axis direction) may be made of 110 mm to 120 mm, and the head support part HSP The thickness (d4) in three directions (Z-axis direction) may be made of 15 mm to 30 mm, and the thickness (d4) in the third direction (Z-axis direction) of the joint between the head support part (HSP) and the cervical spine support part (CSP) May be made of 38mm to 48mm. Here, the joint between the head support part HSP and the cervical spine support part CSP may be a point where the first hole H1 and the cervical spine support part CSP meet.

In this way, by forming the cervical spine support portion (CSP) thicker than the head support portion (HSP), as shown in FIG. It can prevent straight or turtle neck by giving it, and at the same time, it creates a comfortable posture.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. you will be able to understand Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative in all respects and not limiting.

FP: functional pillow
CV1: first cover
CV2: second cover
PD1: first pad
PD2: second pad
BP: body part
AP: direction department
WNP: white noise part

Claims (10)

a body portion having a first portion including a head support portion and a cervical spine support portion; and
Includes a motion detector capable of detecting a user's motion;
The head support part includes a first groove extending in a U-shape, a second groove, a third groove, and a fourth groove disposed apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction while intersecting the first direction; ,
The motion sensor detects the pressure by the support of the user's head or neck step by step,
The thickness of the head support is made of 15 mm to 30 mm,
The thickness of the cervical spine support is made of 85 mm to 95 mm,
The weight of the body portion is 800g to 1200g,
A second part disposed on one side of the first part and a third part disposed on the other side of the first part,
The second part, the first part, and the third part are sequentially arranged in a first direction;
The second part and the third part are respectively disposed with ear depression prevention grooves,
The head support part and the cervical spine support part are sequentially disposed in the second direction,
The width of the first groove in the first direction is 20 mm to 30 mm,
The depth of the first groove in the thickness direction is 10 mm to 15 mm,
The second groove, the third groove, and the fourth groove are spaced apart from each other in the first direction,
The body portion is made of the same shape on one side and the other side,
Further comprising a first cover disposed above the body portion and a second cover disposed below the body portion,
A direction unit for emitting aroma and a white noise unit for outputting white noise are disposed on the outer surface of the second cover,
The motion detection unit controls the emission of the aroma of the direction unit and the output of the white noise of the white noise unit according to the step-by-step pressure detected by the support of the user's head or neck.
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The thickness of the second part and the third part is a functional pillow made of 110mm to 120mm, respectively.
According to claim 9,
The second groove, the third groove and the fourth groove each functional pillow extending from one side of the body to the other side.

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