EP2130459B1 - Dynamic neck tension relief pillow - Google Patents
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- EP2130459B1 EP2130459B1 EP09002918A EP09002918A EP2130459B1 EP 2130459 B1 EP2130459 B1 EP 2130459B1 EP 09002918 A EP09002918 A EP 09002918A EP 09002918 A EP09002918 A EP 09002918A EP 2130459 B1 EP2130459 B1 EP 2130459B1
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G9/00—Bed-covers; Counterpanes; Travelling rugs; Sleeping rugs; Sleeping bags; Pillows
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C20/00—Head -, foot -, or like rests for beds, sofas or the like
- A47C20/04—Head -, foot -, or like rests for beds, sofas or the like with adjustable inclination
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/065—Rests specially adapted therefor
- A61G7/07—Rests specially adapted therefor for the head or torso, e.g. special back-rests
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- This invention refers to a dynamic neck tension relief pillow consisting of a sleeping pillow and a movement mechanism.
- Pillows with movement mechanisms are known from EP 0 819 415 A2 .
- the sleeping pillow is one of those commodities known to everyone without exception, which we can lay on top of the covers of any mattress on any bed for sleeping. Almost all of us use it when we lie down and rest our neck and head on it, either to relax or during our sleep for as long as we are sleeping.
- the sleeping pillow is simply a classic, whether non-anatomic or anatomic or ergonomic, it can be constructed from natural or synthetic fibres or from feathers or from natural or synthetic foam, and in general it comes in all sizes, kinds and qualities.
- This horizontal force which, according to the situation, changes towards our neck, depends on the hardness of the pillow we are using, on the shape of the pillow, that is, if it is an anatomical or a simple non anatomical sleeping pillow, and on the difference between the height of the sleeping pillow and the size of the person using the sleeping pillow and his/her position in relation to the sleeping pillow. And so, from the moment that our head and neck, when we lie down on our bed to relax or to sleep, comes in contact with the sleeping pillow, until the moment when it finishes its descent and balances on top of the sleeping pillow, it traces an arc of a circle with its centre at the point where the flexibility of our neck begins.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow has the characteracteristic that it also includes a movement mechanism.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow comes in two kinds:
- the sleeping pillow is constructed so that it is permanently incorporated with the movement mechanism.
- the dynamic neck tension relief sleeping pillow is portable and in order to use it a person places it on top of the covers of whatever mattress on whatever bed, in the same position in which until today one placed and used an ordinary sleeping pillow.
- the movement mechanism collects energy in a natural way from the load of the weight of a person's neck and head, and every time it is released from the load of the weight of the person's neck and head, and for whatever height it is released, it returns the collected energy in a natural way by raising one of the 4 sides of the sleeping pillow to the same height as the height which it was released from the weight of the person's head and neck, and specifically, it raises the side of the sleeping pillow which is closer to the point where the mattress ends, tracing an ascending arc of a circle from a 0 degree angle minimum up to a 45 degrees acute angle maximum, and thus it remains waiting in this position while it forms an inclined plane above the covers, and in this position the sleeping pillow is ventilated over the whole area of its lower surface.
- a person Every time a person lies down on the bed to rest or to sleep and lay their neck and head on the neck tension relief pillow with dynamic movement, it starts from the default angle which the person has set earlier and traces the length of a descending arc of a circle, while simultaneously it also covers the length of a horizontal movement towards the imaginary line of the person's spinal column and in a direction opposite to the side of the person's spinal column until the degrees of the angle of the inclined plane go to zero and the dynamic neck tension relief pillow becomes level or almost level above the mattress.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow receives the load of weight from a person's head and neck when lying down on the bed and turning and testing with their head and neck on the dynamic neck tension relief pillow and for as much length as it traces a descending arc of a circle until the default angle of inclination becomes 0 degrees, the sleeping pillow finishes its descent on the mattress, and the person's head and neck finish their descent and rest on the sleeping pillow, with an easy earlier adjustment of the default angle, each time it traces as great a descending arc of a circle as the horizontal length it covers, it copies in a natural way and is exactly the same as the horizontal length which the person's head and neck cover every time they go up or down on it.
- This adjustment of the angle of inclination in the default position it neutralizes all the horizontal forces which compress the person's neck and relieves the neck.
- a person uses it for the whole duration of their sleep.
- a person pre-sets a little greater incline in the dynamic neck tension relief pillow when it is in the default position so that when the person uses it, it covers a littler greater horizontal length than the horizontal length which the person's head and neck cover and in the same direction.
- the additional horizontal length the person adjusts at whatever distance the person wants so that in practice the person feels as good as possible when having a problem with incipient hernias to their neck, and uses it throughout the duration of their sleep.
- the sleeping pillow because it is softer than a person's neck, changes its shape temporarily and collects the additional horizontal length from the horizontal length given by the person's neck and head, and since it functions like a spring, it converts this into a force of reaction.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow consists of one of the raising devices in order to collect and to return the tracing of the arc of a circle and additionally consists of one or two hinges which unite the two levels which make it up, because these are separate. These two hinges are the center for the arc of a circle which the dynamic neck tension relief pillow traces, the sleeping pillow is suspended with an elastic attraction rubber in the default position from the minimum of 0 degrees to the maximum of 45 degrees angle of inclination of the inclined surface, it also includes the setting mechanism for the angle of inclination.
- the second raising component it consists of the fixed support which is connected at the lower level, of the movable support, and of the elastic attraction rubber.
- the movable support is based in the perforated stable support where it is suspended from the elastic attraction rubber on the lower side while on the upper side it is connected to one side of the upper level.
- the rubber raises the movable support and the movable support raises the upper level and the sleeping pillow to the default position from 0 degrees to 45 degrees maximum every time above the covers on any mattress of any bed.
- the device for setting the default angle is of course also included.
- the movement mechanism can use other additional raising components so that the sleeping pillow will be raised to the default position, like for instance counterpoises and other things.
- supporting component which a person can optionally place whenever the person wants between two levels of the movement mechanism. It stabilizes and does not allow the raised side of the dynamic neck tension relief pillow to move and to complete a descending arc of a circle, it strengthens the movement mechanism and makes it more resistant to the load of weight and allows the person to watch television or to converse or to read more easily while lying on it, because when the person lies down on it the upper side of the sleeping pillow remains raised.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow is a sleeping pillow of the person's choice, any one of the sleeping pillows which are familiar to everyone, which circulate on the market, which everyone has selected and uses today in his/her sleep. If a person uses a sleeping pillow of their choice in conjunction with the movement mechanism, it becomes mobile and gives the advantage of eliminating all the defects which it had until now because of being fixed on top of the mattress. The person keeps all its advantages and new advantages are added, because in a natural way the invention gives movement to all the familiar sleeping pillows which circulate on the market, a movement equal to the arc of the circle and horizontal movement traced by the person's head and neck when lying down and sleeping on the dynamic neck tension relief pillow.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow has the advantage that it becomes softer, it absorbs the sudden vibrations, the movements of a person's head and neck on top of it become calmer because it functions as a suspension and gives the person's neck and head the advantage of not receiving sudden compressions but softer ones, balancing on it in a position where it receives the least compression.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow When we see the dynamic neck tension relief pillow is set on the mattress in the default position to allow a person to lie down on it, it forms an inclined plane. In this higher default position I believe that the dynamic neck tension relief pillow has the advantage that is more tasteful to the lady of the house.
- the invention gives the sleeping pillow the advantage of being aerated from the bottom side as well, something which I believe is also desirable to the lady of the house because the sleeping pillow becomes healthier for the person.
- the movement mechanism converts the sleeping pillows to dynamic neck tension relief pillows in a natural way.
- the driving force is the load of weight from a person's neck and head.
- the great advantage of this invention is that in practice these movements of the dynamic neck tension relief pillow are the same as the horizontal movements which a person neck and head make, when turning their neck and head and resting or sleeping on top of it.
- the person has the possibility, with the setting mechanism, to set it so that it gives exactly the same length of horizontal movement as their neck and head give and since it also has the same direction, with this setting a person has the possibility of neutralizing the difference in length of movements.
- the invention achieves the same length of horizontal movement of the sleeping pillow as the horizontal length given by a person's head and neck, so it neutralizes the horizontal force which until today has acted on and compressed a person's head and neck into stress during the time of resting or sleeping on a plain sleeping pillow without a movement mechanism.
- the horizontal force which acts on a person's neck with a direction toward their spinal column succeeds in overcoming the muscles' defences and if the person does not use a dynamic neck tension relief pillow one or more than one vertebra give way under the pressure of compression stress, and then a temporary deformation to the various members which make up the person's head and neck begins, and although our organism is healthy, the quality of the person's life and of those around becomes ugly, like for instance, snoring, or when the root of a nerve is lightly pressured for the first time because the vertebrae have given way and because of the results of this giving way, the root of a nerve which gives orders for the functioning of the right hand, then the person has unbearable pain.
- the person has the possibility to choose the appropriate setting in practice for every case in order to improve as much as possible the health of their neck and throat and the person feels this improvement in practice.
- the horizontal force which the dynamic neck tension relief pillow creates when a person has set it and it relieves their neck is lessened a great deal because the sleeping pillow, since it changes shape more easily than the person's neck, absorbs the movement and undergoes temporary deformation. Since however it wants to return to its natural shape it now acts like a spring and transfers to the person's head and neck a small force of attraction or repulsion which for the time space when the person has relieving the neck has the advantage that it is safe.
- the length of this horizontal movement which the dynamic neck tension relief pillow creates is small, a person can set it to whatever value they want. It is never transferred by itself, it maintains itself and is always distributed evenly per unit of length to the whole length of the person's neck and of course if the person finishes the process of relieving the neck from compression stress, then the person sets the angle of the sleeping pillow, approximately from 0 degrees to 25 degrees in order to neutralize all the horizontal forces which compress their neck, whether they are compression or pulling and once the person understands in practice how to relieve their neck of all the horizontal forces then at this setting a person can use the dynamic neck tension relief pillow for an indefinite time with complete safety, in order to maintain the improved health of their neck and throat and by extension the quality of their life.
- Figure 1 shows a movement mechanism in a perspective which brings back the movement with the elastic attraction rubber (4) as a means of raising
- Figure 1a and 1b show two side views of the movement mechanism.
- Figure 1c shows another side view which hypothetically symbolizes a person's spinal column, neck and head by approach.
- Figures 1d and 1e show two other side views of the movement mechanism with a sleeping pillow (8) permanently by its construction incorporated on top of its,
- Figure 3 shows another movement mechanism in perspective, which brings back the movement with the elastic attraction rubber (4) which is held on the edge of the pierced stable support (6) and raises the dynamic neck tension relief pillow by raising the movable support (9) which is based inside the stable support (6)
- Figure 3a shows a side view of the dynamic neck tension relief pillow
- Figure 3b shows another side view of the dynamic neck tension relief pillow.
- the dynamic neck tension relief pillow consists of a sleeping pillow (8) and a movement mechanism.
- the sleeping pillow (8) is any one of the sleeping pillows, without exception, which exist and it does not need any more description because it is well known.
- the movement mechanism of the sleeping pillow (8) raises the one of the 4 sides (M) of the sleeping pillow (8), tracing an ascending arc of a circle, while simultaneously giving a length of horizontal movement
- the movement mechanism consists of a base (1). On the bottom part of the base (1) there are one or 2 hinges (7).
- the hinge is connected to the upper level (2) and allows it to move in a half rotation tracing an arc of a circle increasing the angle (n) up to 45 degrees and decreasing the angle (n) down to 0 degrees.
- the descent of the upper level (2) is achieved of course with the load from the weight of a person's head and neck.
- This raising component consists of the stable support (6). Inside the stable support (6) is based the mobile support (9), the mobile support (9) is constructed preferably from teflon material or ertalon or any other appropriate material which bends easily.
- the elastic attraction rubber (4) which is held on the edge of the stable support (6), is based on the bottom part of the mobile support (9) and raises the sleeping pillow (8) by means of the moving support (9) (of course, instead of rubber a helical spring or counterweights can be used), at the point where the elastic atraction rubber (4) comes out of the stable base (6) the setting mechanism (3) is suspended, with the setting mechanism (3) a person can stretch the rubber (4), the upper level (2) is raised more and the acute angle (n) of the sleeping pillow in relation to the mattress is increased.
- the maximum value of the angle (n) with the setting mechanism (3) in the default position is 45 degrees and the minimum value of the angle (n) with the setting mechanism (3) in the default position of the movement mechanism is 0 degrees.
- This reintroduction component does not show when the dynamic neck tension relief pillow is on top of the bed in the default position because the stable support (6) is under the bed, between the mattress and the bed.
- This holding component (5) which holds the sleeping pillow (8) on top of of the movement mechanism.
- This holding component (5) is elastic and with preferably two plastic or elastic hooks on the edges or clips.
- Figure 2a shows the sleeping pillow (8) in default position with acute angle (n) approximately 45 degrees
- Figure 2b shows the sleeping pillow (8) with angle (n) approximately 0 degrees.
- figure 1c we compare, completely hypothetically, part of a person's spinal column with their head and neck.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP11000732A EP2311350A1 (en) | 2008-03-26 | 2009-03-02 | Dynamic neck tension relief pillow |
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| GR20080100196A GR1006331B (el) | 2008-03-26 | 2008-03-26 | Κινουμενο μαξιλαρι αποφορτιστης αυχενα |
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| EP11000732.5 Division-Into | 2011-01-31 |
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| EP2130459A1 EP2130459A1 (en) | 2009-12-09 |
| EP2130459B1 true EP2130459B1 (en) | 2011-12-07 |
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| AT (1) | ATE536120T1 (el) |
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| WO (1) | WO2009118144A1 (el) |
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