Nape and head pillow

Abstract

A nape and a head pillow with a neck supporting part and a pillow part comprises two or more chambers and a set of inserts of differing hardnesses for these chambers. The pillow allows a simple and reproducible adjustment of the softness of the nape-supporting part.

1 . Nape and head pillow, with a nape-supporting part and a contiguous head-supporting part, characterized in that the nape-supporting part comprises two or more superposed chambers accessible from outside which extend transversally across the width B of the pillow, and in that the pillow further comprises a set of at least two inserts of differing hardness and with shapes that are essentially adapted to the shapes of the chambers.  
     
     
         2 . Nape and head pillow, with a nape-supporting part and a contiguous head-supporting part, in particular as recited in    claim 1   , characterized in that it comprises a further nape-supporting part at the end of the head-supporting part opposite to the first nape-supporting part, this further nape-supporting part being lower than said first nape-supporting part and both nape-supporting parts encompassing at least one chamber accessible from outside and extending transversally across the width B of the pillow, and in that the pillow further comprises a set of at least two inserts of differing hardness and with shapes that are essentially adapted to the shapes of the chambers.  
     
     
         3 . Nape and head pillow according to    claim 1    or    2   , characterized in that the chambers extend across the entire width B of the pillow or only across a fraction of the same.  
     
     
         4 . Nape and head pillow according to    claim 1    or    2   , characterized in that the nape-supporting part or the first nape-supporting part, respectively, comprises two chambers, and in that the set consists of three or four inserts with different hardnesses.  
     
     
         5 . Nape and head pillow according to    claim 1    or    2   , characterized in that the nape-supporting part or the first nape-supporting part, respectively, comprises three chambers.  
     
     
         6 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    5   , characterized in that the chambers are superposed obliquely with respect to the base of the pillow.  
     
     
         7 . Nape and head pillow according to    claim 6   , characterized in that the longitudinal axis' of at least two chambers intersect a longitudinal section of the pillow in points that lie on a straight line which forms an acute angle of 75° to 85°, and in particular of 78°, with the base of the pillow.  
     
     
         8 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    7   , characterized in that when seen in a longitudinal section of the pillow the front surface of the nape-supporting part is concave at least in certain intervals so that the lower part of its arch between the base and the nape-supporting part forms a preferably wedge-shaped support for the nape-supporting part.  
     
     
         9 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    8   , characterized in that the front surface of the nape-supporting part comprises a straight segment the prolongation of which, when seen in a longitudinal section of the pillow, forms an acute angle of 65° to 75°, and in particular of about 71° with the base of the pillow.  
     
     
         10 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    9   , characterized in that when seen in a longitudinal section of the pillow, the most forward extending part of the front of the pillow is a quoin flush with the base of the pillow.  
     
     
         11 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    10   , characterized in that the front surface of the pillow is concave when seen in plan view.  
     
     
         12 . Nape and head pillow according to    claim 1   , characterized in that at least one chamber shaped to receive at least one insert is provided in the head-supporting part, preferably at its rear end.  
     
     
         13 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    12   , characterized in that the chambers are open frontally.  
     
     
         14 . Nape and head pillow according to one of    claims 1    to    13   , characterized in that the pillow is made of natural latex and comprises a pillow case made of raw cotton.  
     
     
         15 . Set of inserts with different hardnesses for a nape and head pillow according to one of claims  1 - 14 .  
     
     
         16 . Set according to    claim 15   , characterized in that the inserts are marked differently according to their hardness.  
     
     
         17 . Set according to    claim 16   , characterized in that the inserts differ in color according to their hardness, and in particular that a soft insert is yellow, a medium one blue, a hard one light brown and a very hard one dark brown.  
     
     
         18 . Set according to one of    claims 13    to    17   , characterized in that it comprises inserts of the same hardness having a length that is less than half the length of the chamber.