Cushions

Abstract

A cushion including a pillow portion useable for supporting the head of a user of the cushion and an elongate trunk portion that extends away from the pillow portion and which is usable for supporting the chin of the user. Wherein the pillow portion is shaped so that it is useable to extend from at least a position on the back of the neck of a user whose head is being supported by the pillow portion that is less than three centimetres from the mid-point of the back of the neck to at least a position where it contacts an ear of the user, and wherein in this use of the pillow portion the trunk portion extends away from the pillow portion towards the chin of the user.

1 . A cushion comprising:
 a pillow portion having a front side and a rear side, said pillow portion having a support surface on said front side that is adapted to support a head of a user; and   a trunk portion extending away from said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a terminal end that is distal to said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a region that is proximal to said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a forwardly hooked configuration such that said terminal end is located forwardly of said region.   
     
     
         2 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion is adapted to contact an underside of a chin of a user whose head is being supported by said pillow portion. 
     
     
         3 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said pillow portion projects from said trunk portion transversely to an elongation of said trunk portion. 
     
     
         4 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said pillow portion projects from said trunk portion transversely to an elongation of said trunk portion from two opposite sides of said trunk portion. 
     
     
         5 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said pillow portion has a concave shape. 
     
     
         6 . The cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising: a recess adapted to engage a shoulder of a user whose head is being supported by said pillow portion. 
     
     
         7 . The cushion of  claim 6 , wherein said recess is defined by a joint between said trunk portion and a periphery of said pillow portion. 
     
     
         8 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion tapers towards said terminal end. 
     
     
         9 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein the cushion is substantially symmetrical so that said pillow portion is adapted to support the head of a user from either side of the head of the user. 
     
     
         10 . The cushion of  claim 9 , wherein the cushion is substantially symmetrical about a plane bisecting said pillow portion and containing said trunk portion. 
     
     
         11 . The cushion of claim  45 , wherein said trunk portion extends away from a rear side of said pillow portion. 
     
     
         12 . The cushion of  claim 11 , wherein said trunk portion emerges from said rear side of said pillow portion as a spine extending across said rear side of said pillow portion. 
     
     
         13 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion has a rest shape which is curved or bent. 
     
     
         14 . The cushion of  claim 13 , wherein said trunk portion defines a resiliently compliant bend. 
     
     
         15 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion is adapted to extend across on underside of a chin of the user whose head is being supported by said pillow portion. 
     
     
         16 . The cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising: an internal partition part separating an inner volume of said pillow portion from an inner volume of said trunk portion. 
     
     
         17 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion is formed with a bend in a part of an elongate length thereof, wherein a degree of the bend at said part is greater than any degree of the bend formed elsewhere in said trunk portion. 
     
     
         18 . The cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising: two or more fasteners that are fastenable together to retain said pillow portion in a folded state. 
     
     
         19 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion is adjustably deformable by the user to form a curve or bend in said trunk portion in which the curve or bend is substantially maintained after the deformation. 
     
     
         20 . The cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising: a slip-resistant material formed at a part of an exterior surface thereof. 
     
     
         21 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion is configured to have a rest shape which defines said forwardly hooked configuration. 
     
     
         22 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said pillow portion is defined by a lateral expansion formed at one end of said trunk portion which projects from said trunk portion so as to extend transversely to opposite sides of said trunk portion to present a terminal surface defining said support surface adjacent to said trunk portion. 
     
     
         23 . The cushion of  claim 22 , wherein said pillow portion projects from said trunk portion such that said support surface extends in a direction generally transverse to an elongation of said trunk portion and the elongation of the trunk portion bends in a direction generally transverse to said support surface thereby to position said terminal end of said trunk portion adjacent to said support surface. 
     
     
         24 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said trunk portion defines a bend which is substantially continuously curved along an elongate length of said trunk portion. 
     
     
         25 . The cushion of  claim 1 , further comprising: a cushion case stuffed or filled with a compliant material. 
     
     
         26 . A cushion case structured and arranged to be filled with the compliant stuffing material to define a cushion according to  claim 25 . 
     
     
         27 . An inflatable cushion comprising a cushion case which is inflatable to define a cushion according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         28 . The cushion of  claim 1 , wherein said pillow portion is wider than said elongate trunk portion. 
     
     
         29 . A cushion comprising:
 a pillow portion having a front side and a rear side, said pillow portion having a support surface on said front side that is adapted to support a head of a user; and   a trunk portion extending away from said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a terminal end that is distal to said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a region that is proximal to said pillow portion, said trunk portion having a forwardly hooked configuration such that said terminal end is located forwardly of said region, and said trunk portion having an oval-shaped cross-section.