Therapeutic memory foam pillow

Abstract

An orthopedic therapeutic memory foam pillow has upper and lower sections made of memory foam. The pillow is crescent shaped and has a quarter-round cutout in the normally bottom section in the crescent to accommodate a patient's head. In between the upper and lower memory foam sections is an irregularly shaped firmer foam section. This central firmer foam is thicker above the cutout and is narrower towards the rear curvature of the crescent. The pillow is reversible and can be used with the quarter-round cutout facing upwards or turning the pillow so that the flat surface is upwards. The head can be placed on either the thicker end of the pillow or on the thinner end of the pillow and on either side of the pillow.

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       5 . A therapeutic pillow for a patient's head and neck, comprising: 
 (1) a reversible head and neck support pillow having an essentially crescent shaped outer perimeter with a front and a rear, comprising normally top and normally bottom sections having mirror-image outer perimeters, said top and bottom sections made of memory foam;    (2) an inner, higher density memory foam section, having an essentially crescent shaped outer perimeter, located between the top and bottom sections, wherein said inner section is thicker near the front of said pillow and thinner near the rear of said pillow, whereby said inner high-density section tapers downwardly from the front to the back of said pillow;    wherein said pillow has a quarter-round cutout section cut from the lower surface of said normally bottom section adapted to receive a patient's head and neck;    wherein a patient's head and neck can be supported by either the top or bottom section of said reversible pillow.    
   
   
       6 . A therapeutic pillow for a patient's head and neck as in  claim 5 , wherein the thicker, inner section of said pillow is approximately two and one-half inches thick near the front of said pillow and approximately one-half inch thick near the rear of said pillow.  
   
   
       7 . A therapeutic pillow for a patient's head and neck as in  claim 5 , wherein said cutout section is in the shape of a quarter-round adapted to receive a patient's head and neck and is approximately seven and a half inches long and has a depth of approximately one inch.  
   
   
       8 . A therapeutic pillow for a patient's head and neck as in  claim 7 , wherein said cutout section is located below the thicker front part of said inner high-density foam section.