US 11,730,292 B2
Self-stowing pillow
Aaron Alan Ambuske, Seattle, WA (US); Brian Fletcher, Issaquah, WA (US); Hedvig von Beetzen, Seattle, WA (US); Mirona Motoc, Seattle, WA (US); and Zac West, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to HEST CORPORATION, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Hest Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,356.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,918, filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369019 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A47G 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 9/1027 (2013.01) [A47G 2009/1018 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pillow comprising:
a first lobe, a second lobe, and a third lobe extending outwardly from a central node, wherein the third lobe and at least one of the first lobe and the second lobe contain cushioning filling;
wherein a perimeter of the first lobe has a first closure portion secured thereto;
wherein a perimeter of the second lobe has a second closure portion secured thereto and selectively engageable with the first closure portion having the third lobe in either of a sleeping position and a stowed position, the third lobe being positioned between the first lobe and the second lobe when in the stowed position and not positioned between the first lobe and the second lobe when in the sleeping position; and
wherein:
the first lobe, the second lobe, and the third lobe are formed of a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface such that:
a first portion of a perimeter of the first surface is joined to a first portion of a perimeter the second surface to form the first lobe;
a second portion of the perimeter of the first surface is joined to a first portion of a perimeter of the third surface to form the second lobe; and
a second portion of the perimeter of the second surface is joined to a second portion of the perimeter of the third surface to form the third lobe;
the first surface comprises a first material and the second and third surfaces comprise a second material; and
the first material is any one or more of less stretchy, less flexible, and more durable than the second material.