Combined satchel and travel pillow

Abstract

A combined satchel and travel pillow includes a front and rear panel that comprise at least one foam or gel cushion, and forms a pocket with an interior therein with an opening to removably receive a sealable packet therein, the sealable packet which can removably store items, e.g., personal items. The pocket includes sets of complementary fasteners to secure the pocket in one or more folded configurations. The cushions can include countered and, or textures surfaces. The cushions can include one or more fabric or material covers over all or a portion of the cushion. The front and rear panels can be formed by respective individual cushions, or by a single cushion with one or more fold lines delimiting the front panel from the rear panel.

1 . A combined pillow and satchel, comprising:
 a front panel having a length, a width, and an uncompressed thickness;   a back panel having a length, a width, and an uncompressed thickness, the back panel coupled to the front panel to form a pocket having an interior cavity with an opening proximate a top thereof that provides access into the interior cavity from an exterior thereof, the uncompressed thicknesses of the front and the back panels in sum being at least one and one half (1½) inches thick;   a closure that is positioned and manually operable to selectively open and close the opening that provides access into the interior cavity from the exterior thereof; and   at least a first set of fasteners that are positioned and manually operable to selectively secure the pocket in a first folded configuration, when folded about an axis that extends parallel to the lengths of the front and the back panels or the widths of the front and the back panels.   
     
     
         2 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the pocket is closed along a bottom thereof and closed along a pair of opposed sides thereof, the sides opposed to one another across the lengths of the front and back panels and the bottom opposed to the top across the widths of the front and the back panels. 
     
     
         3 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the front and the back panel comprises at least one of a foam cushion or a gel cushion with a fold-line extending therebetween. 
     
     
         4 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 3  wherein the front and the back panel comprises a cover piece of material that at least partially covers the at least one of the foam or the gel cushions. 
     
     
         5 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 3  wherein the at least one of the foam or the gel cushions includes at least one contoured surface having a contour in when uncompressed. 
     
     
         6 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 3  wherein the at least one of the foam or the gel cushions includes at least one textured surface having a plurality of discontinuities when uncompressed. 
     
     
         7 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the front and the back panel each comprises respective ones of at least one of a foam cushion or a gel cushion. 
     
     
         8 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 7  wherein the front and the back panel each comprises a respective cover piece of material that at least partially covers the at least one of the foam or the gel cushions. 
     
     
         9 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the first folded configuration is folded along vertical axis, and the first set of fasteners include at least one pair of complementary fasteners, one fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a first edge that extends between the top and a bottom of the pocket and another fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a second edge that extends between the top and the bottom of the pocket. 
     
     
         10 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 at least a second set of fasteners that are positioned and manually operable to selectively secure the pocket in a second folded configuration, the second folded configuration is folded along horizontal axis, and the second set of fasteners include at least one pair of complementary fasteners, one fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a top edge that extends between the first and the second side edges of the pocket and another fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a bottom edge that extends between the first and the second side edges of the pocket.   
     
     
         11 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 10  wherein the complementary fasteners of the first and the second sets of fasteners comprises at least one of a zipper, hook and loop fastener, snaps, ties, buttons and button holes, or elastic loop and peg. 
     
     
         12 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the first folded configuration is folded along horizontal axis, and the first set of fasteners include at least one pair of complementary fasteners, one fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a top edge that extends between a first side edge and a second side edge of the pocket and another fastener of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners proximate a bottom edge that extends between the first and the second side edges of the pocket. 
     
     
         13 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 12  wherein the fasteners of the first set of fasteners comprises at least one of a zipper, hook and loop fastener, snaps, ties, buttons and button holes, or elastic loop and peg. 
     
     
         14 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a sealable packet, the sealable packet having an interior to removably receive personal items therein, the sealable packet sized and dimensioned to be removably received in the interior of the pocket via the opening along with any contents of the sealable packet.   
     
     
         15 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 14  wherein the sealable packet is transparent and includes one of a zipper or a tongue and complementary groove that repeatedly opens and closes the sealable packet. 
     
     
         16 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the closure comprises a flap with at least one pair of complementary fasteners, a first one of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners and a second one of the at least one pair of complementary fasteners to detachably couple to one another. 
     
     
         17 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 16  wherein the at least one pair of complementary fasteners comprises at least one of a zipper, hook and loop fastener, snaps, ties, buttons and button holes. 
     
     
         18 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1  wherein the front panel has four edges including a top edge, an bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, the back panel has four edges including a top edge, an bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, and the front and the back panels coupled to one another along at least three of the four edges to form a pocket. 
     
     
         19 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a strap that extends across a length of the pocket from a first side edge of the pocket to a second side edge thereof to form a courier bag.   
     
     
         20 . The combined pillow and satchel of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first strap that extends across a height of the pocket from proximate a top edge of the pocket to proximate a bottom edge thereof along a first side edge of the pocket; and   a second strap that extends across a height of the pocket from proximate a top edge of the pocket to proximate a bottom edge thereof along a second side edge of the pocket, to form a backpack.