Pillow for Recliner Chair

This invention relates to a pillow for use with a recliner type chair and, more particularly, to a pillow sized for insertion between the face of the seat cushion and the leg rest pad, when the leg rest of the recliner chair is extended; the pillow is composed of a compressible body encased in a jacket, and it is adapted to be nested between the leg rest pad and the face of the seat cushion.

In the past there have been numerous types of recliner chairs and, as is perhaps well known, when the leg rest is extended, there is a substantial distance between the leg rest pad and the seat cushion proper with the result that a person sitting in the chair with the leg rest extended is not supported along that portion of the legs which extends between the seat cushion and the leg rest pad. This invention is of a pad of compressible rubbery material jacketed in an outer casing which pillow is sized for insertion between the leg rest pad and the seat cushion to support the full length of the legs.

It is, generally speaking, an object of this invention to provide an improved pillow for use with a recliner chair which is sized to be received between the leg rest pad and the forward face of a recliner chair seat cushion which pillow is compressible so as to be snugly received within the space and to support the legs of a user along the entire length .

In accordance with these and other objects which will become apparent hereinafter, the instant invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the instant invention installed on a recliner chair;

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 with the chair removed;

FIG. 3 is a view of the instant invention removed from the chair of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged left-side elevation view illustrating the invention shown in FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings where like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the seven views and referring particularly to FIG. 1, there is shown a recliner chair 12 of the conventional commercially available type which includes a leg rest which is supported on extendable arms 16 and 18 when the leg rest is extended as shown in the drawings. The invention comprises a pillow 14 which is receivable between the seat cushion and the extended foot rest. As shown in FIG. 3, the pillow includes a body 20 composed of an upper portion 22 and a lower portion 24 with a reinforcing or load distibution means in the form of a plywood board 36 sandwiched therebetween and extending medially toward but not to the opposite side edges 30 and 32 between an upper surface 26 and a lower surface 28. Each of the pillow portions is of rubbery or sponge material and is exteriorly covered as at 20 and 24 by an outer casing material which may be of plastic.

The pillow is sized for insertion between the seat cushion and leg rest pad as shown. In the preferred embodiment illustrated the distance across the upper surface 26 between the opposite side edges 30 and 32 is about 81/2 inches while the lateral distance between the end faces is about 22 inches. This comports with the size of the space between the leg rest pad and the seat cushion of a conventional recliner chair sometimes referred to as the Lazy Boy Recliner. There is thus defined a leg rest support area of dimensions of about 22 inches by 81/2 inches. The height of the longer side 32, which is generally perpendicular to the upper edge previously described is about 61/2 inches while the opposite side 30 is about 5 inches in perpendicular relationship. The lower surface joins the side surfaces as shown and as indicated by the numeral 28. Preferably a reinforcing or load-distribution means in the form of a plywood sheet 36 is embedded between the two portions at about 31/2 inches below the upper surface 26. The two portions, the upper portion 22 and the lower portion 24, are sandwiched about the plywood member, which is preferably 3-ply or 1/4 inch plywood and of a dimension of about 5.times.18 inches. The sheet is centered between the confronting surfaces of the pillow body portions which are cemented together with contact type cement. Any polyfoam core may be utilized for the body portions. The body of the pillow is inserted into the outer casing material or pillowcase in a somewhat compressed condition. In the preferred embodiment the casing is somewhat smaller than the dimensions of the normal size of the pillow body. In the preferred embodiment the pillow casing is about 21 inches by 71/2 inches by 5 inches on the back side and 4 inches on the front side. By compressing the core or body into a smaller size, more rigidity and, hence, better support is achieved.