Wristpad apparatus

Abstract

A wristpad apparatus includes a flexible wristband and a flexible pillow connected to the bottom wristband portion, either separably or permanently. With one embodiment, the wristband includes a plurality of wristband segments connected together with intersegment hinges. With other embodiments, a wristpad apparatus includes an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein a portion of the inner wall and the outer wall provide a flexible wristband, and wherein a portion of the inner wall and the outer wall define a first interwall chamber which contains a quantity of flexible filler material providing a flexible pillow. With another embodiment, the flexible wristband includes first and second wristband strap portions connect to each other when on a person's wrist. With another class of embodiments of the invention, a wrist pad apparatus includes a flexible pillow which includes wrist elevation adjustment means, e.g. water or air supplied through an attached valve assembly.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:  
     
         1 . A wristpad apparatus, comprising: 
 a flexible wristband which includes a top wristband portion and a bottom wristband portion, a flexible pillow connected to said bottom wristband portion, wherein said flexible pillow includes a flexible pillow housing,    wherein said wristband includes a plurality of wristband segments connected together with intersegment hinges.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein each of said wristband segments includes: 
 flexible segment housings, and  
 a quantity of flexible, resilient segment filler material.  
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said flexible segment housings and said intersegment hinges can be made from a common flexible material.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said flexible segment housings, said intersegment hinges, and said pillow housing can be made from a common flexible material.  
     
     
         5 . A wristpad apparatus, comprising: 
 an inner wall,    an outer wall, wherein a portion of said inner wall and said outer wall provide a flexible wristband, and wherein a portion of said inner wall and said outer wall define a first interwall chamber, and    a quantity of flexible filler material contained in said first interwall chamber providing a flexible pillow.    
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said inner wall and said outer wall are comprised of a flexible, elastic, knitted fabric.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 5:   wherein said inner wall includes a top inner wall portion and a bottom inner wall portion,    wherein said outer wall which includes a top outer wall portion and a bottom outer wall portion,    wherein said first interwall chamber is defined between said bottom inner wall portion and said bottom outer wall portion, and    wherein a second interwall chamber is defined between said top inner wall portion and said top outer wall portion.    
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said flexible wristband includes: 
 a first wristband strap portion which includes a first strap connector, and  
 a second wristband strap portion which includes a complimentary second strap connector.  
 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein: 
 said first strap connector is made from a quantity of first hook-or-loop material,  
 said second strap connector is made from a quantity of complimentary second hook-or-loop material.  
 
     
     
         10 . A wristpad apparatus, comprising: 
 a flexible wristband which includes a top wristband portion and a bottom wristband portion,    a flexible pillow connected to said bottom wristband portion, wherein said flexible pillow includes a flexible pillow housing and provides wrist elevation adjustment means.    
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further including: 
 a valve assembly connected to said flexible pillow housing,    wherein said flexible pillow includes a quantity of fluid material contained within said flexible pillow housing supplied through said valve assembly,    wherein said valve assembly and said fluid material comprise said wrist elevation adjustment means.    
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein said fluid material is comprised of water.  
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein said flexible wristband includes: 
 an inner wristband wall, and  
 an outer wristband wall.  
 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein said flexible pillow includes: 
 an inner pillow wall, and  
 an outer pillow wall,  
 wherein said flexible pillow housing is defined by said inner pillow wall, and  
 wherein said valve assembly is connected to said inner pillow wall and said outer pillow wall.  
 
     
     
         15 . A wristpad apparatus, comprising: 
 a flexible wristband which includes a top wristband portion and a bottom wristband portion, wherein said bottom wristband portion includes a bottom-mounted connector,    a flexible pillow which includes a top-mounted connector, wherein said top-mounted connector is connectable with said bottom-mounted connector.    
     
     
         16 . A method of making a wristpad apparatus, comprising the steps of: 
 obtaining a piece of double-plied material,    bonding two edges of the piece of double-plied material, thereby forming a cylindrical shaped tube which has an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall has a top inner wall portion and a bottom inner wall portion, and wherein the outer wall has a top outer wall portion and a bottom outer wall portion,    separating the bottom inner wall portion from the bottom outer wall portion to form a first interwall chamber, and    adding a quantity of cushioning material to the first interwall chamber.