PILLOW

Abstract

A pillow includes a pillow body, at least one cushion member; and at least one connecting assembly, a connecting side portion of the respective cushion member is connected to the pillow body through the respective connecting assembly, and a movable side portion of the respective cushion member is disposed on the pressure bearing area. When the height of the pillow needs to be increased, only one or more cushion members need to be added to a pressure bearing area of the pillow body, so as to adapt to head heights and neck heights of different users during use. When the height of the pillow needs to be reduced, only one or more cushion members need to be detached or transferred away from the pressure bearing area to reduce an overall height of the pillow to meet practical needs of the users.

Claims

1. A pillow, comprising: a pillow body; at least one cushion member; and at least one connecting assembly; wherein the pillow body comprises a supporting area capable of bearing pressure and a pressure bearing area opposite to the supporting area, a connecting side portion of the respective cushion member is connected to the pillow body through the respective connecting assembly, and a movable side portion of the respective cushion member is disposed on the pressure bearing area.

2. The pillow according to claim 1, wherein the pillow body and the at least one cushion member are detachably connected by the at least one connecting assembly.

3. The pillow according to claim 2, the at least one connecting assembly is transversely disposed on a front side portion, a back side portion, or a middle portion of the pressure bearing area, the at least one cushion member is stacked on the pressure bearing area.

4. The pillow according to claim 2, further comprising a plurality of cushion members and a plurality of connecting assemblies, wherein each of the connecting assemblies is transversely disposed on the pressure bearing area and is spaced apart from each other.

5. The pillow according to claim 4, wherein any adjacent two of the cushion members are stacked together and collectively form a storage space with corresponding pressure bearing area.

6. The pillow according to claim 2, wherein the movable side portion of the respective cushion member is detachably connected to the pressure bearing area, the at least one cushion member and corresponding pressure bearing area collectively form a storage space.

7. The pillow according to claim 6, wherein the movable side portion of the respective cushion member is detachably connected to the pressure bearing area by means of adhesion, buckling, clamping, occlusion, or magnetic attraction.

8. The pillow according to claim 2, wherein the respective connecting assembly comprises a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion is fixed on the pillow body, and the second connecting portion is fixedly connected to the respective cushion member, the first connecting portion is detachably connected to the second connecting portion.

9. The pillow according to claim 8, wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are detachably connected together by means of adhesion, buckling, clamping, occlusion, or magnetic attraction.

10. The pillow according to claim 9, wherein the respective cushion member comprises a plurality of cushion layers, the cushion layers are stacked and connecting side portions of the cushion layers are fixed together.

11. The pillow according to claim 10, wherein the cushion layers are high resilience members or foaming members.

12. The pillow according to claim 9, wherein the respective cushion member comprises a plurality of cushion layers, and each of the cushion layers is matched with a respective one of the connecting assemblies, each of the cushion layers is detachably connected to the pillow body through one of the connecting assemblies.

13. The pillow according to claim 12, wherein the cushion layers are high resilience members or foaming members.

14. The pillow according to claim 1, wherein the pillow body comprises a pillow core and a pillowcase sleeved on the pillow core, the pressure bearing area is disposed on the pillowcase, and the connecting side portion of the respective cushion member is connected to the pillowcase through the respective connecting assembly.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure, drawings that need to be used in description of the embodiments or the prior art are briefly introduced below, obviously, the drawings in following description are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

[0020] FIG. 1 is a first schematic diagram of a pillow provided in first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 2 is a second schematic diagram of the pillow provided in first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG. 3 is a third schematic diagram of the pillow provided in first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 4 is a fourth schematic diagram of the pillow provided in first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 5 is an exploded schematic diagram of the pillow provided in first embodiment of the present disclosure.

REFERENCE NUMERALS IN FIGS

[0025]

TABLE-US-00001 pillow 100 pillow body 110 cushion member 120 connecting assembly 130 supporting area 101 pressure bearing area 102 neck area 103 head area 104 cushion layer 121 storage space 105 Supporting object 140 pillowcase 111 first connecting portion 131 second connecting portion 132

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In order to make objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the present disclosure is further described in detail below with reference to accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that specific embodiments described are merely used to explain the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0027] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” or “disposed on” another element, it may be directly on another element or it may be indirectly fixed to or disposed on another element through a third component. When an element is referred to as being “connected to” another element, it may be directly connected to another element or it may be indirectly connected to another element through a third component.

[0028] It should be understood that terms “length”, “width”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top” directions, and other indicated directions or the position relation are based on orientation or position relation shown in the figures, only for convenience of describing the present disclosure and the simplification of the description, rather than indicating or implying that devices or elements referred to have a specific orientation, therefore cannot be understood as limitations of the present disclosure.

[0029] In addition, terms “first” and “second” are used only for purposes of description, and cannot be understood to indicate or imply a relative importance or to implicitly indicate number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features “first” and “second” can be expressly or implicitly included in one or more of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, the meanings of “multiple” are two or more, unless specifically limited otherwise.

A First Embodiment

[0030] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pillow 100, which is a household article necessary for people to sleep or rest. Specifically, the pillow 100 includes a pillow body 110, at least one cushion member 120, and at least one connecting assembly 130, the pillow body 110 includes a supporting area 101 capable of bearing pressure and a pressure bearing area 102 opposite to the supporting area 101, the supporting area 101 is the area used to support a head and a neck of a human body. A connecting side portion of the respective cushion member 120 is connected to the pillow body 110 through the respective connecting assembly 130, and a movable side portion of the respective cushion member 120 is disposed on the pressure bearing area 102.

[0031] In the embodiment, the pillow 100 includes the pillow body 110, the at least one cushion member 120, and the at least one connecting assembly 130, the connecting side portion of the respective cushion member 120 is connected to the pressure bearing area 102 of the pillow body 110 through the respective connecting assembly 130, and a movable side portion of the respective cushion member 120 is disposed on the pressure bearing area 102. When a height of the pillow 100 needs to be increased, only one or more cushion members 120 need to be added to the pressure bearing area 102 of the pillow body 110, so as to adapt to head heights and neck heights of different users during use, which adjusts sleep postures of the users to proper heights, and improves sleep quality of the users. When the height of the pillow 100 needs to be reduced, only one or more cushion members 120 need to be detached or transferred away from the pressure bearing area 102 to reduce an overall height of the pillow 100 to meet practical needs of the users. In this way, the height of the pillow 100 can be flexibly adjusted, which is convenient to use and improves comfort of the users during sleep.

[0032] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, optionally, the pillow body 110 and the at least one cushion member 120 are detachably connected through the at least one connecting assembly 130. In this way, use flexibility of the at least one cushion member 120 is further improved, that is, flexibility of height adjustment of the pillow 100 is further improved, which is further easy to clean at the same time.

[0033] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, specifically, the respective connecting assembly 130 includes a first connecting portion 131 and a second connecting portion 132, the first connecting portion 131 is fixed on the pillow body 110, and the second connecting portion 132 is fixedly connected to the respective cushion member 120, the first connecting portion 131 is detachably connected to the second connecting portion 132.

[0034] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, optionally, the first connecting portion 131 and the second connecting portion 132 are detachably connected together by means of adhesion, buckling, clamping, occlusion, or magnetic attraction. For example, a detachable connection is achieved by using a hook-and-loop fastener, the hook-and-loop fastener is divided into two parts, one part is a pasting piece having a loop surface, an other part is a pasting piece having a hook surface, two pasting pieces are detachably connected through the loop surface and the hook surface, and the first connecting portion 131 may be any one of the two pasting pieces, and the second connecting portion 132 is a remaining pasting piece. Snap assemblies may also be used to realize the detachable connection through buckling. Buttons and buckle holes, hooking assemblies, etc. may also be used to realize the detachable connection through clamping. Zippers may also be used to realize the detachably connected through occlusion between two chains. Magnetic attraction assemblies may also be used to realize the detachable connected through magnetic attraction. All of above methods can realize the detachable connection between the at least one cushion member 120 and the pillow body 110, which improves flexibility of the at least one cushion member 120. In addition, when the pillow body 110 and/or the at least one cushion member 120 need to be cleaned, the at least one cushion member 120 can be disassembled to avoid damaging to the at least one cushion member 120 during a cleaning process.

[0035] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, furthermore, the at least one connecting assembly 130 is transversely disposed on a front side portion, a back side portion, or a middle portion of the pressure bearing area 102, the at least one cushion member 120 is stacked on the pressure bearing area 102.

[0036] Generally, the pressure bearing area 102 is divided into a neck area 103 and a head area 104. The neck area 103 is relatively located on the front side portion, and the head area 104 is relatively located on the back side portion. In this way, the at least one connecting assembly 130 is transversely disposed on the front side portion, the back side portion, or the middle portion of the pressure bearing area 102, so that the height of the pillow 100 is improved in a targeted manner by the at least one cushion member 120, that is, a height of the head area 104, a height of the neck area 103, or an overall height of the head area 104 and the neck area 103 can be improved, so as to better improve overall use flexibility of the pillow 100, and greatly meet needs of the users.

[0037] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, furthermore, the respective cushion member 120 includes a plurality of cushion layers 121, the cushion layers 121 are stacked and connecting side portions of the cushion layers are fixed together. The connecting side portions fixed together are connected to the pressure bearing area 102 through the at least one connecting assembly 130. In this way, numbers of the cushion layers 121 can be selected according to requirement heights, thereby greatly meeting practical requirements of the users.

[0038] Specifically, the cushion layers 121 are high resilience members or foaming members. The cushion layers 121 may be made of high resilience sponge or memory cotton, or made of foam material, the high resilience sponge has superior resilience and air permeability, high compression load ratio, and also has good flame resistance, and thermal aging, wet aging, and dynamic fatigue performance of the high resilience sponge are relatively good. The foaming members are made of a polyurethane (PU) material, which has excellent shock absorption, buffering performance, good compression load performance, and deformation recovery performance.

[0039] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, as an alternative, the respective cushion member 120 includes a plurality of cushion layers 121, and each of the cushion layers 121 is matched with a respective one of the connecting assemblies 130, each of the cushion layers 121 is detachably connected to the pillow body 110 through one of the connecting assemblies 130. Users can select numbers of the cushion layers 121 according to their comfort requirements, and install the cushion layers 121 when in use, which is convenient for loading and unloading, and improves user experience of the users.

[0040] In the embodiment, the connecting side portions of the cushion layers 121 may be connected to a side portion of the neck area 103 distal from the head area 104 through the at least one connecting assembly 130, and the cushion layers 121 can be flexibly turned to the neck area 103 to raise a neck support height, numbers of the cushion layers 121 can be selected according to different needs.

[0041] In the embodiment, the connecting side portions of the cushion layers 121 may also be connected to a side portion of the head area 104 distal from the neck area 103 through the at least one connecting assembly 130, and the cushion layers 121 can be flexibly turned to the head area 104 to raise a head support height, numbers of the cushion layers 121 can be selected according to different needs.

[0042] In the embodiment, the connecting side portions of the cushion layers 121 may also be connected between the head area 104 and the neck area 103 through the at least one connecting assembly 130, the cushion layers 121 can be flexibly turned to the head area 104, and also can be flexibly turned to the neck area 103, of course, a plurality of cushion layers 121 may be provided according to specific requirements, and the plurality of cushion layers 121 may be simultaneously flexibly turned to the head region 104, or may be simultaneously flexibly turned to the neck region 103, of course, just like turning a book, a part of the cushion layers 121 is flexibly turned to the head area 104, and an other part of the cushion layers 121 is flexibly turned to the neck area 103, the head support height and the neck support height are improved simultaneously. While raising the head support height and the neck support height simultaneously, the head support height or the neck support height can be also further raised separately.

[0043] Above three arrangements all effectively improve an overall adjustability of the pillow 100, so that the pillow 100 is more suitable for use height requirements of different users.

[0044] Each of the cushion layers 121 is a fan-shaped body, thinner side portions of the cushion layers 121 are the connecting side portions, the connecting side portions are detachably connected to the pillow body 110 through the at least one connecting assembly 130, thicker side portions of the cushion layers 121 are the movable side portions, which are disposed on the pillow body 110. It's understandable that a shape of longitudinal cross section of the cushion layers 121 is in fan-shaped, and thickness of the cushion layers 121 gradually decreases from the movable side portions to the connecting side portions, therefore, when the cushion layers 121 are disposed on the head area 104 and/or the neck area 103, connection between the head area 104 and the neck area 103 may be smoothly transited to avoid a height difference between the head area 104 and the neck area 103, which may cause discomfort for users.

[0045] Certainly, each of the cushion layers 121 may also be in square-shaped or wave-shaped, as long as practical requirements are met, which is not limited.

[0046] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, furthermore, the movable side portion of each cushion member 120 is detachably connected to the pressure bearing area 102, and the at least one cushion member 120 and corresponding pressure bearing area 102 together form a storage space 105. Specifically, the movable side portion of the respective cushion member 120 is detachably connected to the pressure bearing area 102 by means of adhesion, buckling, clamping, occlusion, or magnetic attraction. A specific detachable structure is same as a structure of the at least one connecting assembly 130 described above, details are not repeated again. It's understandable that the storage space 105 is formed between the at least one cushion member 120 and corresponding pressure bearing area 102, and the storage space 105 can accommodate at least one supporting object 140 to meet different use requirements.

[0047] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, furthermore, the pillow body 110 includes a pillow core (not shown in the drawings) and a pillowcase 111 sleeved on the pillow core, the pressure bearing area 102 is disposed on the pillowcase 111, and the connecting side portion of each cushion member 120 is connected to the pillowcase 111 through one connecting assembly 130. In this way, it is easy to replace, disassemble and wash.

A Second Embodiment

[0048] Please simultaneously refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the second embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a pillow, a difference from the first embodiment is: a plurality of cushion members 120 and a plurality of connecting assemblies 130 are provided, each of the connecting assemblies 130 is transversely disposed on the pressure bearing area 102 and is spaced apart from each other, each of the cushion members 120 is respectively connected to one of the connecting assemblies 130, remaining structures are same as the first embodiment, thus details are not described herein.

[0049] In the embodiment, the pillow further includes a plurality of cushion members 120 and a plurality of connecting assemblies 130, each of the connecting assemblies 130 is transversely disposed on the pressure bearing area 102 and is spaced apart from each other, each of the cushion members 120 is detachably connected to one of the connecting assemblies 130, so that practical requirements of users are better met, and a height adjusting portion is more accurate.

[0050] When there are two cushion members 120, and two or three connecting assemblies 130, three arrangements are as follows:

[0051] A first arrangement: a connecting side portion of one cushion member 120 is connected to a side portion of the neck area 103 distal from the head area 104 through one connecting assembly 130, a connecting side of an other cushion member 120 is connected between the neck area 103 and the head area 104 through another connecting assembly 130, in this way, the cushion member 120 connected to the neck area 103 can be flexibly turned to the neck area 103 to increase the neck support height, the cushion member 120 located between the neck area 103 and the head area 104 can be turned to the neck area 103 and the head area 104, or a part of the cushion layers 121 of the cushion member 120 is turned to the neck area 103, and an other part of the cushion layers 121 is turned to the head area 104, which may be determined according to specific requirements. In this way, support height adjustability of the neck and the head is better enriched.

[0052] A second arrangement: a connecting side portion of one cushion member 120 is connected to a side portion of the head area 104 distal from the neck area 103 through one connecting assembly 130, and a connecting side of an other cushion member 120 is connected between the neck area 103 and the head area 104 through another connecting assembly 130, in this way, the cushion member 120 connected to the head area 104 can be flexibly turned to the head area 104 to increase the head support height, the cushion member 120 located between the neck area 103 and the head area 104 can be turned to the neck area 103 and the head area 104, or a part of the cushion layers 121 of the cushion member 120 is turned to the neck area 103, and an other part of the cushion layers 121 is turned to the head area 104, which may be determined according to specific requirements. In this way, support height adjustability of the neck and the head is better enriched.

[0053] A third arrangement: a connecting side portion of one cushion member 120 is connected to a side portion of the neck area 103 distal from the head area 104 through one connecting assembly 130, a connecting side portion of an other cushion member 120 is connected to a side portion of the head area 104 distal from the neck area 103 through another connecting assembly 130, in this way, the cushion member 120 connected to the neck area 103 can be flexibly turned to the neck area 103 to increase the neck support height, the cushion member 120 connected to the head area 104 can be flexibly turned to the head area 104 to increase the head support height. Moreover, each of the cushion members 120 may also include the plurality of the cushion layers 121, in this way, support height adjustability of the neck and the head is better enriched.

[0054] When there are three cushion members 120 and three connecting assemblies 130, each of the cushion members 120 is connected to one connecting assembly 130 respectively. The connecting assemblies 130 are respectively transversely disposed on a side portion of the neck area 103 distal form the head area 104, a side portion of the head area 104 distal form the neck area 104, and between the head area 104 and the neck area 103, one of the cushion members 120 connected to the neck area 103 can be flexibly turned to the neck area 103 to increase the neck support height, one of the cushion members 120 disposed between the neck area 103 and the head area 104 can be turned to the neck area 103 and the head area 104, or a part of the cushion layers 121 of the cushion member 120 is turned to the neck area 103, and an other part of the cushion layers 121 is turned to the head area 104 to improve the neck support height and the head support height. One of the cushion members 120 connected to the head area 104 can be flexibly turned to the head area 104 to improve the head support height. In this way, practical requirements are better met.

[0055] Furthermore, any adjacent two of the cushion members 120 are stacked together and collectively form a storage space with corresponding pressure bearing area 102, and the storage space can accommodate at least one supporting object to meet different use requirements.

[0056] The above is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.