Adjustable pillow

Abstract

A pillow including a flexible casing, fill, a string, and a clip. The flexible casing defines a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an enclosed interior cavity between the first end and the second end. The flexible casing defines a string aperture in the second end of the flexible casing. The fill is maintained within the enclosed interior cavity for providing cushion to the pillow. The string is statically secured near a first end of the flexible casing and extends through the enclosed interior cavity and out the string aperture through the second end of the flexible casing. The clip is selectively secured to the string adjacent the string aperture. The clip is movable along the at least one string and selectively latched at various positions along the at least one string to adjust the pillow from a non-compressed state to one or more compressed states.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pillow comprising:
 a flexible casing defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an enclosed interior cavity between the first end and the second end, the flexible casing defining a string aperture through the second end of the flexible casing;   a fill maintained within the enclosed interior cavity for providing cushion to the pillow;   a string statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing and extending through the enclosed interior cavity and out the string aperture in the second end of the flexible casing;   a clip selectively secured to the string adjacent the string aperture, wherein the clip is movable along the string and selectively latched at various positions along the string to adjust the pillow between a first state and a second state, wherein in the second state the overall length of the casing is smaller and the fill is compressed more than in the first state.   
     
     
         2 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string is statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing within the enclosed interior cavity of the pillow. 
     
     
         3 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the fill extends around a portion of the string located in the interior cavity such the string extends through the fill. 
     
     
         4 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string extends through a center portion of the fill. 
     
     
         5 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string is only coupled to the flexible casing at a first end of the string secured near the first end of the flexible casing. 
     
     
         6 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string is linearly movably through the string aperture in the second end of the flexible casing. 
     
     
         7 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible casing is formed by a first panel and a second panel secured to one another adjacent perimeters thereof to define the interior cavity between the first panel and the second panel. 
     
     
         8 . The pillow of  claim 7 , wherein the first panel and the second panel are separate pieces of fabric. 
     
     
         9 . The pillow of  claim 7 , wherein the string aperture is formed along a seam securing the first panel to the second panel. 
     
     
         10 . The pillow of  claim 7 , wherein the string is statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing within a first seam coupling the first panel to the second panel. 
     
     
         11 . The pillow of  claim 10 , wherein the string aperture is formed along a second seam securing the first panel to the second panel, and the second seam is positioned on an opposite side of the interior cavity as compared to the first seam. 
     
     
         12 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein latching the clip at different positions along the string changes a length of the casing and changes compression of the fill. 
     
     
         13 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string only contacts the casing where the string is secured to the first end of the flexible casing and where the string extends through the string aperture leaving external surfaces of the first panel and the second panel substantially uninterrupted by the string. 
     
     
         14 . The pillow of  claim 1 , wherein the string is a first string, the string aperture is a first string aperture, the clip is a first clip, the flexible casing further defines a second string aperture through the second end of the flexible casing, and the pillow further comprises:
 a second string statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing and extending through the enclosed interior cavity and out the second string aperture in the second end of the flexible casing; and   a second clip selectively secured to the second string adjacent the second string aperture wherein the second clip is movable along the second string and selectively latched at various positions along the second string to adjust the pillow, wherein the first clip is separately adjustable from the first clip.   
     
     
         15 . The pillow of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the flexible casing is formed by a first panel and a second panel secured to one another adjacent perimeters thereof to define the interior cavity between the first panel and the second panel,   the first string and the second string are each statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing at spaced apart locations within a first end seam coupling the first panel to the second panel, and   the first string aperture and the second string aperture are formed in a second end seam coupling the first panel to the second panel, the first end seam being opposite the second end seam.   
     
     
         16 . A pillow comprising:
 a flexible casing defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an enclosed interior cavity between the first end and the second end, the flexible casing defining at least one string aperture through the second end of the flexible casing;   a fill maintained within the enclosed interior cavity for providing cushion to the pillow; and   a string statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing and extending through the enclosed interior cavity and out the at least one string aperture in the second end of the flexible casing.   
     
     
         17 . The pillow of  claim 16 , wherein the string is selectively securable at different locations along the length of the string adjacent the string aperture to adjust the pillow from a first state to a second state, wherein in the second state the overall length of the casing is smaller and the fill is compressed more than in the first state. 
     
     
         18 . The pillow of  claim 16 , wherein the fill extends around a portion of the string located in the interior cavity such the string extends through the fill and is spaced from the casing other than where the string is statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing and adjacent the string aperture. 
     
     
         19 . The pillow of  claim 16 , wherein the flexible casing is formed by a first panel and a second panel secured to one another adjacent perimeters thereof to define the interior cavity between the first panel and the second panel, and the string aperture is formed along a first seam securing the first panel to the second panel. 
     
     
         20 . The pillow of  claim 19 , wherein the string is statically secured near the first end of the flexible casing within a second seam coupling the first panel to the second panel, and the second seam is positioned on an opposite side of the interior cavity as compared to the first seam.