Douglas A Haskell

US Patent:

20030200590, Oct 30, 2003

Filed:

Apr 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/249619

Inventors:

Douglas Haskell - Fort Myers FL, US

International Classification:

A41B001/00

US Classification:

002/069000

Abstract:

Sleepware for preventing a wearer from assuming a supine or semisupine position prior to or during sleep, thus increasing the volume of available airway via oropharynx. The sleepware comprises a rear portion and a pouch disposed on the rear portion so as to be located between the scapular of the wearer. The pouch has an interior cavity, an orifice to the cavity, and means for selectively closing the orifice. The pouch further includes at least one pleat to enable the pouch to expand in the dorso-ventral, medio-lateral and superior-inferior directions of the wearer. A first of the at least one pleat extends in a lengthwise direction of the sleepware, while an optional second pleat extends in a widthwise direction of the sleepware. A hollow perforated ball is removably retained within the cavity by the closing means.