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Pillow for ritual circumcisions and method

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-05
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Granted: 1988-12-13
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Expires: 2007-11-05
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Abstract

Abstract A pillow (1) for ritual circumcisions, includes a main support body (4), bottom walls (6) proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of the main support body for defining therewith a contoured area (12) to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top walls (5) proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of the main support body for defining therewith a contoured area (11) to receive and to support a baby therein. A method of performing ritual circumcision during which a baby is held on the lap of a person by using a pillow having a predetermined bottom concave contour having an axis and a predetermined concave contour having an axis, includes placing a pillow on the lap of such person, generally centering and stabilizing such the pillow on the lap of such person according to such contour, and placing the baby on the top of such pillow generally centered relative to the concave contour thereof and extending along the axis of such contour.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kiva Y. Shtull

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 20:14
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47D; A47D15/00; A47D15/001; A47D15/003; A47D5/00; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B17/326

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A pillow for ritual circumcisions, comprising a main support body having a substantially continuous top and a substantially continuous bottom, bottom wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to receive and to support a baby therein, and wherein said top wall means and the top of said main support body have an overall length long enough to hold a baby from head to toe, said bottom wall means include elongate strips having a sloping surface to provide a contour with the bottom of said main support body to cooperate with the lap portion of a person to facilitate relatively secure positioning on the lap over the legs of such person, and said bottom wall means and the bottom of said main support body have inverted U-shape cross-section with an axis in one direction, and said top wall means and the top of said main support body have U-shape cross-section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A pillow for ritual circumcisions, comprising a main support body having a substantially continuous top and a substantially continuous bottom, bottom wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to receive and to support a baby therein, and wherein said top wall means and the top of said main support body have an overall length long enough to hold a baby from head to toe, said bottom wall means include elongate strips having a sloping surface to provide a contour with the bottom of said main support body to cooperate with the lap portion of a person to facilitate relatively secure positioning on the lap over the legs of such person, and said bottom wall means and the bottom of said main support body have inverted U-shape cross-section with an axis in one direction, and said top wall means and the top of said main support body have U-shape cross-section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said main support body comprises foam material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said main support body is relatively solid to provide warmth for a baby placed thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said main support body is resilient to retain a baby in comfort thereon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 30 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said bottom wall means are tapered to guide the legs of a person to correct position relative to the pillow.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said main support body and bottom wall means are foam and are glued together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 32 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said top wall means are cooperatively contoured with the top of said main support body to cradle a baby in natural position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 41 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 1, wherein said top wall means are tapered to provide a sloped lead in to center the baby relative to the top of the pillow and to hold in place without pressure points.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 208 words
A pillow for ritual circumcisions, comprising a main support body having a substantially continuous top and a substantially continuous bottom, bottom wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to receive and to support a baby therein, wherein said top wall means and the top of said main support body have an overall length long enough to hold a baby from head to toe, and said bottom wall means include elongate strips having a sloping surface to provide a contour with the bottom of said main support body to cooperate with the lap portion of a person to facilitate relatively secure positioning on the lap over the legs of such person, and wherein said bottom wall means and the bottom of said main support body have inverted U-shape cross-section with an axis in one direction, and said top wall means and the top of said main support body have U-shape cross-section with an axis generally perpendicular to the first-mentioned axis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 208 words
A pillow for ritual circumcisions, comprising a main support body having a substantially continuous top and a substantially continuous bottom, bottom wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top wall means proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of said main support body for defining therewith a contoured area to receive and to support a baby therein, wherein said top wall means and the top of said main support body have an overall length long enough to hold a baby from head to toe, and said bottom wall means include elongate strips having a sloping surface to provide a contour with the bottom of said main support body to cooperate with the lap portion of a person to facilitate relatively secure positioning on the lap over the legs of such person, and wherein said bottom wall means and the bottom of said main support body have inverted U-shape cross-section with an axis in one direction, and said top wall means and the top of said main support body have U-shape cross-section with an axis generally perpendicular to the first-mentioned axis.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 9, wherein said main support body and said top wall means are foam and are glued together.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 29 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 9, wherein said top wall means are elongate strips having a sloping surface to provide contour to center a baby therebetween.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 33 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 9, wherein said bottom wall means and said top wall means have the same cross-section and are of the same material but of different length.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 68 words
The pillow for ritual circumcisions according to claim 12, wherein in plan view the pillow has a rectangular shape with width and length dimensions, and wherein the width of the pillow is of a size to span the lap of a person and is relatively shorter than the length, and wherein the length is of a size to hold the length of a baby during a circumcision procedure.

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