Configurable elongated pillow

Abstract

A flexible elongate pillow including a flexible base portion having a cylindrical cross-section and a first and second ends. The pillow is of a length and cross-section and is so stuffed that the pillow is bendable to form a knot or to be knotted or braided together with others of the pillows and such stiffness and resiliency as to at least partially self restore when unknotted.

1 . A pillow comprising: 
 a flexible base having a generally cylindrical cross-section, the base having a first and a second end, and having substantially the same flexibility and resiliency along the length of the base between the ends;    the base being of such length and cross-section that the base is bendable such that the first end is wrapped around the second end and tucked under the base so that the pillow forms a knot.    
   
   
       2 . The pillow as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the knot is defined without a support for the knot.  
   
   
       3 . The elongated pillow as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the base is in contact with the first end.  
   
   
       4 . A pillow having a generally cylindrical shape and opposite ends, the pillow being of such length and diameter and having stuffing of such flexibility that it may be bent to be knotted and has such resiliency that the pillow at least partially self restores to an extended configuration when released.  
   
   
       5 . In combination, a plurality of the pillows of  claim 4 , wherein the pillows are bent to be knotted or braided with one another into a knotted or braided combination.