Convertible headrest for sleeping cars

Claim 1

In a railway car compartment comprising first, second and third angularly joined upright side walls, a seat within the compartment having a backrest positioned against said second side wall and at one side adjacent to said first side wall, said backrest terminating in a generally horizontal straight upper edge, a combination pillow and headrest mounted on said second side wall immediately above said backrest upper edge comprising: a flexible rectangular shaped cover having a front wall and a lower edge portion immediately above said backrest and paralleling the same and having first and second vertical end edge portions and a top edge portion defining corners, said first vertical end edge portion being located contiguous to said first side wall, flange means on said cover and extending outwardly from each of said portions for mounting said cover to said second side wall, means providing an access opening into the cover remote from said first side wall and extending from intermediate the ends of said lower edge portion to said second vertical edge portions around the corner defined thereby and terminating intermediate the ends of said second vertical edge portion, a pillow conforming to the shape and dimensions of the cover insertable into the cover through said corner opening beneath said front wall and withdrawable with respect to said cover through said opening, the disposition of said opening in said corner maximizing accessability into the cover for removing and inserting the pillow horizontally from said first vertical edge portion to the second vertical edge portion and from said lower edge portion to the upper edge portion, and closure means for said opening on said lower edge and second vertical edge portions.