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Balloons and head wraps for a seated user
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-06-11
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Granted: 1995-01-03
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Expires: 2012-06-11
Abstract
Abstract A device adapted to support the head of a seated user relative to a generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like, has a strap adapted to encircle the head of the user and the generally upstanding portion. The strap contains a plurality of inflatable balloons having generally flat rear surfaces and expandable frontal surfaces, whereby upon inflation the generally flat rear surfaces of the balloons remain flat, and the frontal surfaces bulge outwardly from the rear surfaces to contact and support the user's head.
Inventors
- 👤 Yousef Daneshvar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:04
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B9/00; B62B9/24; A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/36; A47C7/38; A47C7/383; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/80; B62B9/10; B62B9/102; B62B9/106; B62B9/108
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A device adapted to support the head of a seated user relative to a generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like, comprising a strap adapted to encircle the head of the user and said generally upstanding portion, said strap comprising a plurality of inflatable balloons having generally flat rear surfaces and expandable frontal surfaces, whereby upon inflation the generally flat rear surfaces of the balloons remain flat, and the frontal surfaces bulge outwardly from the rear surfaces to contact and support the user's head.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
87 words
A device adapted to support the head of a seated user relative to a generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like, comprising a strap adapted to encircle the head of the user and said generally upstanding portion, said strap comprising a plurality of inflatable balloons having generally flat rear surfaces and expandable frontal surfaces, whereby upon inflation the generally flat rear surfaces of the balloons remain flat, and the frontal surfaces bulge outwardly from the rear surfaces to contact and support the user's head.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said plurality of balloons comprise a first balloon for contacting the user's forehead, a second balloon for contacting the right side of the user's head, and a third balloon for contacting the left side of the user's head.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which a conduit means places said first balloon and one of said second and third balloons in communication, said first balloon and said one of said second and third balloons are inflated via a first inflation port and the other of said second and said third balloons is inflated via a second inflation port that is separate from said first inflation port.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
127 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which said strap comprises a fastening system for separably fastening a first portion of said strap to a second portion of said strap when said strap is encircling the head of the user and said generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like, said first portion of said strap being a portion of said strap that contains said first balloon, and said second portion of said strap extending from that portion of said strap containing said third balloon to overlap said first portion of said strap, said fastening system acting between said first and second portions of said strap at the overlapping of said first portion of said strap by said second portion of said strap.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
A device as set forth in claim 4 in which said strap comprises, between said second and said third balloon, a portion of a further fastening system adapted for fastening with a complementary portion of such further fastening system disposed on said generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like when said strap is encircling the head of the user and said generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which said strap comprises, between said second and said third balloon, a portion of a fastening system adapted for fastening with a complementary portion of such fastening system disposed on said generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like when said strap is encircling the head of the user and said generally upstanding portion of a seat, stroller, or the like.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which at least one of said balloons comprises a soft fabric cover.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which at least one of said balloons comprises a sponge layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A device as set forth in claim 2 in which at least one of said balloons comprises a soft fabric cover and a sponge layer.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1998-01-02 | 1998-07-04 | 1999-01-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2002-01-02 | 2002-07-04 | 2003-01-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2006-01-02 | 2006-07-04 | 2007-01-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |