Supine support device and method for treatment and prevention of malocclusion of the teeth

Claim 1

A pillow for the therapeutic treatment and prevention of malocclusion of the teeth, characterized in that said pillow constrains a user to lie in a supine position during sleeping, resting and similar periods of general activity, said pillow comprising a generally wedge-shaped main body adapted for supporting a user's torso and head when supine, said main body having a lower surface for resting disposition on a generally horizontal support surface suitable for sleeping and resting such as a mattress, bed or the like and a cushioned upper surface extending at an acute angle with respect to said lower surface for disposition at an upward incline with respect to horizontal, said upper surface being formed with a relatively elevated marginal region bordering a relatively recessed user support region having a torso support area, a head support area and a cervical support area intermediate said torso and head support areas relatively elevated therefrom, said user support region generally conforming in shape to the human torso and head to enable a user to comfortably lie supine with the user's torso and head within said recessed torso and head support areas with said elevated marginal region acting to resist any tendency of the user to turn from the supine position and with said cervical support area providing cervical support to the user's neck, said main body having a first substantially wedge-shaped body member for forming said lower surface, a second substantially planar body member secured in superposed relation to said first body member for forming said user support region, a third substantially planar body member secured in superposed relation to said second body member and having an opening formed therethrough in the general shape of the human torso and head for forming said elevated marginal region and defining said recessed user support region, and a fourth body member secured in superposed relation to said second body member intermediate said torso and head support areas of said user support region for forming said cervical support area, thereby promoting natural development of the occlusion of the user's teeth by deterring the user from sleeping and resting in prone and sidewise positions wherein the user's jaws may assume an unnatural relationship.