Beach pillow

Claim 1

An air-inflatable beach pillow having a wedge-shaped cross section; said pillow comprising a horizontal bottom panel (12) having a front edge, a rear edge, and two side edges; an inclined panel extending upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge of said bottom panel; an upstanding rear panel (14) extending upwardly from the rear edge of said bottom panel to connect with the inclined panel; said inclined panel and rear panel having side edges located in a common vertical plane with the side edges of the bottom panel; triangular side panels (18 and 20) closing the side edges said bottom panel, rear panel and inclined panel; said inclined panel having an exposed upper surface adapted to supportably engage the head and neck area of a person resting against the pillow, and an undersurface facing the closed interior space defined by the panels; a hollow flexible tube (30) extending from one side panel to the other side panel in near adjacency to the undersurface of the inclined panel; said flexible tube being located at an intermediate point between the front and rear edges of the pillow so that the flexible tube is in near proximity to the person's neck; said flexible tube having a first end thereof sealably attached to said one side panel and a second end thereof sealably attached to the other side panel; a cap (32) closing said first end of the flexible tube; an annular collar (34) extending within said second end of said flexible tube; a second cap (36) removably fitting into said annular collar to close said second end of the flexible tube; and means (at 24, 26) for introducing pressurized air into the interior space defined by said panels, whereby the pillow is inflated to a condition for cushionably supporting the head and neck area of a person resting on the beach; said flexible tube being adapted to receive ice water therein, so as to cool the upper surface of the inclined panel that comes in contact with the person's neck.