Head support

Claim 1

A headrest to support a person's head while the person is seated upright in a seat having a seat-back comprising a semi-rigid, formed pillow element having two similar, spaced apart side sections engageable with opposite sides of the person's head and a central section connecting said side sections, the front of each side section being convexly curved in a horizontal direction, both side sections projecting substantially forwardly from the center of said central section in a normal, unsupported state of said headrest, the height of said side sections being their vertical dimension when the headrest is placed against said seat-back to support said head, said height of said side sections being substantially greater than the height of the central section, wherein said central section extends only between lower halves of said side sections to support a person's neck while allowing the back of the person's head to rest against said seat-back when the headrest is held in an upright position for use on said seat-back, and means for detachably mounting said pillow element on said seat-back so that said pillow element rests directly against the front of said seat-back with the central and side sections supported by said seat-back, said mounting means being connected to a rear surface of said pillow element wherein in a normal, unsupported state of said headrest, said central section forms a concave curve in a horizontal plane extending centrally through said central section when the headrest is in the upright position.