Medical head support

Claim 2

A medical head support comprising a body flexible throughout including a base portion for resting on a supporting surface and an upper portion having inwardly sloping parts extending the length of said base portion for contacting the head of a patient, said body being provided with an upwardly opening depression, said body including minor parts on the upper portions thereof formed of a fine open cell foam material through which air is adapted to pass and to provide soft upwardly facing exposed surfaces adapted to be contacted by the head of the user, and said body including major parts formed of a coarse open cell foam material through which air is adapted to pass.

Claim 3

A medical head support comprising a body flexible throughout including a base portion for resting on a supporting surface and an upper portion having inwardly sloping parts for contacting the head of a patient, said body being provided with an upwardly opening depression, said body including minor parts on the upper portions thereof formed of a fine open cell foam material through which air is adapted to pass and to provide soft upwardly facing exposed surfaces adapted to be contacted by the head of the user, and said body including major parts formed of a coarse open cell foam material through which air is adapted to pass, said upper portion including a pair of pads disposed in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship over said base portion on opposite sides of said depression to expose a portion of the upper surface of said base portion, said pair of pads being respectively provided with upper surfaces inwardly and downwardly sloping towards one another. 5: The head support of claim 4 in which said upper surfaces of said pair of pads and said exposed portion of the upper surface of said base portion consists of said reticulated polyurethane open cell foam material having a fine consistency of approximately 90 pores per inch.

Claim 4

The head support of claim 5 in which a major portion of said body other than said upper surfaces of said pair of pads and said exposed portions of the upper surface of said base portion consists of reticulated polyurethane open cell foam material having a coarse consistency of approximately 30 pores per inch.

Claim 5

The head support of claim 4 in which said depression extends downwardly from the top of said body to the bottom thereof to include a vertical hole opening through said body.

Claim 6

The head support of claim 7 in which said pair of pads are provided with opposing notches in the inward edges thereof offset from said hole towards one end of said head support.

Claim 7

A medical head support comprising a flexible body including a blocklike base portion including a lower major part formed of a coarse open cell material through which air is adapted to pass and having a flat lower surface for resting on a flat supporting surface, said base portion including an upper minor part covering said lower part and formed of a fine open cell material to provide a soft upwardly facing exposed surface, said base portion being provided with a vertical hole extending therethrough and with a portion of said hole being defined by an adjacent portion of said coarse open cell material of said lower part of said base portion so that air is adapted to pass from said hole into said lower part of said base portion and into said hole from said lower part of said base portion, said body including a pair of pads fixedly mounted on said upwardly facing surface of said base portion in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship on opposite sides of said hole, each of said pads including a lower major part formed of coarse open cell material through which air is adapted to pass and including an upper minor part covering said lower part of said pads and formed of a fine open cell material to provide a soft upwardly facing surface exposed adapted to be contacted by the head of the user, said upwardly facing surfaces of said pads sloping inwardly and downwardly towards one another.

Claim 8

A medical head support comprising a flexible body including a blocklike base portion including a lower major part formed of a coarse open cell material through which air is adapted to pass and having a flat lower surface for resting on a flat supporting surface, said base portion including an upper minor part covering said lower part and formed of a fine open cell material to provide a soft upwardly facing exposed surface, said base portion being provided with a vertical hole extending therethrough and with a portion of said hole being defined by an adjacent portion of said coarse open cell material of said lower part of said base portion so that air is adapted to pass from said hole into said lower part of said base portion and into said hole from said lower part of said base portion, said body including a pair of pads fixedly mounted on said upwardly facing surface of said base portion in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship on opposite sides of said hole, each of said pads including a lower major part formed of coarse open cell material through which air is adapted to pass and including an upper minor part covering said lower part of said pads and formed of a fine open cell material to provide a soft upwardly facing surface exposed adapted to be contacted by the head of the user, said upwardly facing surfaces of said pads sloping inwardly and downwardly towards one another.

Claim 9

The head support of claim 9 in which said open cell material of said upper minor parts of said base portion and said pads consist of reticulated polyurethane foam having a consistency of approximately 90 pores per inch and said major parts of said base portion and said pads consists of reticulated polyurethane foam having a consistency of approximately 30 pores per inch. 11: The head support of claim 10 in which said pair of pads are provided with opposing notches in the inward edges thereof offset from said hole towards one end of said head support.