| CPC A47G 9/1045 (2013.01) [A47C 20/025 (2013.01); A47G 9/1036 (2013.01); A47G 9/109 (2013.01)] | 36 Claims |
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1. A body pillow comprising:
an elongate outer cover defining a pillow body, the pillow body formed along a longitudinal axis, the outer cover having a first end disposed on the axis and a second end disposed on the axis to be remote from the first end;
the outer cover having a circumferential band formed around the axis, the circumferential band spaced from the first end of the outer cover and from the second end of the outer cover and composed of a stretch fabric;
a first inner pillow disposed inside of the outer cover, a first end of the first inner pillow disposed to be near the first end of the outer cover, a second end of the first inner pillow remote from the first end of the first inner pillow disposed to be near the circumferential band;
a second inner pillow disposed inside of the outer cover, a first end of the second inner pillow disposed to be near the circumferential band, a second end of the second inner pillow remote from the first end of the second inner pillow disposed to be near the second end of the outer cover; wherein
the body pillow is capable of assuming each of a nontwisted configuration and a twisted configuration, wherein in the nontwisted configuration the outer cover is not helically twisted about the axis, and the second end of the first inner pillow is at a first distance from the first end of the second inner pillow; and
wherein, in the twisted configuration, the outer cover is helically twisted about the axis at the circumferential band, and the second end of the first inner pillow is at a second distance from the first end of the second inner pillow, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
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