Contour pillow

Claim 1

A HAIR-PROTECTING PILLOW COMPRISING: A MAIN BODY HAVING STUFFING MATERIAL AND A COVER ENCLOSING SAID STUFFING MATERIAL, SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED WITH A CONTINUOUS, ARCUATE SURFACE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE NORMALLY UPPERMOST FACE THEREOF TO DEFINE RESPECTIVELY A CENTRAL RECESS SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER MARGIN OF SAID BODY, THE INNER SIDE BOUNDARIES OF A PAIR OF SPACED HEAD-SUPPORTING SIDE PORTIONS, AND THE END BOUNDARY OF A NECK SUPPORTING PORTION ADJACENT TO SAID HEAD-SUPPORTING SIDE PORTIONS, THE LATTER EXTENDING TOWARD EACH OTHER AND BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY SAID NECK-SUPPORTING PORTION AND THE EXTREMITY OF SAID RECESS REMOTE FROM SAID NECK-SUPPORTING PORTION, ONE OF THE SIDE PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED TO SUPPORT THE TEMPLE, CHEEK, AND CHIN AREAS OF THE HEAD AND THE OTHER SIDE PORTION BEING DISPOSED TO SUPPORT THE BACK OF THE HEAD, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS BEING LESS THAN THE TRANSVERSE WIDTH OF THE REGION OF SAID RECESS ADJACENT TO SAID REMOTE EXTREMITY, WHEREBY SAID REGION IS ENLARGED WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS AND IS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND CONFIGURATION TO PERMIT THE HAIR TO BE DISPOSED THEREIN IN AN UNDISTURBED, UNCOMPRESSED CONDITION WHEN THE HEAD AND NECK ARE SUPPORTED BY SAID PORTIONS.