Armsupportdeviceandmethodsofusethereof.docx
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Armsupportdeviceandmethodsofusethereof
Armsupportdeviceandmethodsofusethereof
FIELDOFTHEINVENTION
Thepresentinventionrelatesgenerallytotravelaccessories,specificallydevicesthatsupportthearmsoftravelers.
BACKGROUNDOFTHEINVENTION
Moderntraveloftenrequirestravelerstobeseatedveryclosetostrangersforlongperiodsoftime.Forexample,mostmoderntraveltakesplaceinairplanes,trains,buses,orothervehiclesinwhichtheseatsareextremelyclosetogether.Frequentlytheseatsaresoclosetogetherthatonlyonearmrestisprovidedfortwoadjoiningseats.Oftenapersoninoneoftheseseatsmonopolizesthesharedarmrest,leavingnoroomonthearmrestforthepersonintheadjoiningseat.
Onesolutiontothisproblemisforthetravelertousehisownbodyasanarmrestbyfoldinghisarmsacrosshischestorstomach.However,itisuncomfortabletomaintainthispositionforanylengthoftime.Furthermore,itisdifficulttosleepinthisposition.Atravelerwhofallsasleepinthispositionislikelytohavehisarmsbecomeunfoldedandfallontothearmrest,possiblyontotheseatmate'sarm.Accordingly,evenacourteoustravelerwhoattemptstosleepinthearms-foldedpositionmayunintentionallyinvadethepersonalspaceofthepersoninthenextseat.
Thedifficultyofkeepingone'sarmsinacomfortablepositionintightseatingarrangementsisthusamajordrawbacktomoderntravel.AnattempttosolvethisproblemisfoundinU.S.Pat.No.6,435,185.However,thedevicedisclosedthereinrequiresthetravelertoplacethedevicearoundhisneckandoverhisshoulders.Thiscanbedifficulttoaccomplishwhileseatedinasmallseatwithoutdisturbingone'sneighbors.
AnotherattempttosolvethisproblemisfoundinU.S.Pat.No.6,966,069.Adisadvantageofthisdeviceisthatitrequiresthetravelertopullthedeviceoverherhead,thuspossiblydisturbingherseatmates.Aseconddisadvantageofthisdeviceisthatthepositionoftheuser'sarmsarerestrictedtothelocationoftheinteriorpocket.
Accordingly,thereisaneedforanarmsupportingtraveldevicethatcanbeusedbyatravelerwithoutdisturbingthetraveler'sseatmatesandthatallowsthetravelertocomfortablysupportthearmsinmultiplepositions.
SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTION
Itisanobjectofthepresentinventiontoprovideanarmsupportdevicethataddressesthisneed.
Accordingtooneembodiment,anarmsupportdeviceincludesasackofflexibleandstretchablematerial.Thesackisopenatoneendandclosed(orcloseable)onallothersides.Theuserinsertsbotharmsintothesackandpullsthesackovertheupperarmsandshoulders.Withthearmsthusinserted,theuserisfreetorelaxandallowthestretchofthesacktoprovidearmsupport.Insomeembodiments,thesackhasnootheropeningsbesidesthetopend,andintheseembodimentsthearmsupportdevicedoublesasatravelbagforcarryingsmallitems.
Inotherembodimentsoftheinvention,pocketsareprovidedonthefrontorbackofthearmsupportdevice,eitheronaninsideoroutsidesurface.Pulltabsmayalsobeprovidednearthetopedgeofthesacktofacilitatepullingitup.Alsooptionalisaholeorslitonthefrontofthesackthatmaybecloseablewithafastener.Withtheuser'sarmsinsertedintothesack,theusercanreachthroughtheslitwithoneorbothhandstoaccessexternalpocketsortoreachotheritems.Apocketonthefrontorbackofthesackmaybeadaptedtostorethewaddedarmsupportdevicesothat,whilenotinuse,itisself-containedinasmallpackage.
Inotherembodiments,thearmsupportdevicemayoptionallyincludeadjustmentstrapsbywhichtheusercanadjustthedegreeoftensioninthesackandthustheamountofarmsupportitprovides.Furthermore,toincreasefunctionalityasatravelbag,adrawstringmaybesewnintothesackneartheopenend.Theopenendofthesackmaythenbeclosedbycinchingthedrawstring.
Inanotherembodimentofthearmsupportdevice,anoptionalneckstrapisattachedtothetopedgeofthesacktohelpkeepitinplaceontheuser'supperarmsandshoulders.Thisneckstrapmaybestuffedwithbattingorsimilarmaterialsothattheneckstrapcanalsobeusedaspillow.Tofurtherincreasethecomfortoftheuser,ablanketmaybeattachedtothebottomedgeofthearmsupportdevice.Theblanketmayoptionallyincludepockets,andthearmsupportdevicemayoptionallyincludeapocketforstoringtheblanketwhennotinuse.
Anotherembodimentofthearmsupportdevicemayincorporateoptionalventilationopenings.Theseventilationopeningsmaybeonthefrontface,therearface,orboth.
Anarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoyetanotherembodimentmayoptionallyincludeaninternaldividersothatthesackisdividedintotwoseparatecompartments.Theinternaldividermayincludeaslitsothatthecompartmentsareconnected.
Anotherembodimentofthearmsupportdeviceincludesanareaonthefrontfaceforindiciasuchasadvertising.
Alsocontemplatedbythepresentinventionisamethodofsupportingthearmsofaperson.Thepersoninsertshisarmsintothearmsupportdeviceandpullsituptohisshoulders.Thepersonmaythencrosshisarmsoverhistorsoandthenrelaxtoallowthewallsofthearmsupportdevicetocradlehisarms.Thearmsupportdevicemaybeheldinplacebyfrictionalone,orbyfrictionsupplementedbyaneckstrap.
BRIEFDESCRIPTIONOFTHEDRAWINGS
FIG.1isafrontelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoafirstexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.2isabackelevationviewofthearmsupportdeviceofFIG.1.
FIG.3isafrontelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoasecondexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.4isabackelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoathirdexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.5isafrontelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoafourthexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.6isatopplanviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoafifthexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.7isafrontelevationviewofthearmsupportdeviceofFIG.6.
FIG.8isafrontelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoasixthexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.9isafrontelevationviewofanarmsupportdeviceaccordingtoaseventhexemplaryembodiment.
FIG.10isabackelevationviewofthearmsupportdeviceofFIG.9.
DETAILEDDESCRIPTION
Exemplaryembodimentsofanarmsupportdevicearedescribedindetailbelowwithreferencetotheappendedfigures,whereinlikeelementsarereferencedwithlikenumeralsthroughout.Thefiguresarenotnecessarilydrawntoscaleanddonotnecessarilyshoweverydetailorstructureofthevariousembodimentsoftheinvention,butratherillustrateexemplaryembodimentsandfeaturesinordertoprovideanenablingdescriptionofsuchembodiments.
Occasionallythroughoutthisspecification,theuserofthearmsupportdevicemaybereferredtoasa“traveler.”Itistobeunderstood,however,thatthearmsupportdevicecanbeusedbyanyonewishingtocomfortablysupporttheirarms,whetherornottheuseristravelingatthetime.
Anarmsupportdevicebasicallycomprisesaflexibleandstretchablesack.Thetopendofthesackisopenwhilethebottomendandthesidesareclosedorcloseablewithfasteners.Theopentopendallowsatravelertoinsertherarmsuntiltheupperedgemeetsherunderarms.Withherarmsthusfullyinserted,thetravelerfoldsherarmsacrosshertorsoinacomfortableposition.Theinsidesurfacesofthearmsupportdevicecontactandsupportthetraveler'sarmsasitstretches.Thissupportpreventsthetraveler'sarmsfromslippingoffhertorsoandallowshertoeffortlesslyrestinacomfortableposition.Additionally,insomeembodiments,thearmsupportdevicehasnonon-closeableopenings,andcanthuscarrysmallitemsplacedinsideit.Thus,intheseembodiments,thearmsupportdevicecanbeusedasaconvenienttravelbagwhennotinuseasanarmsupport.
Asusedthroughoutthisspecification,thetopofthearmsupportdeviceistheopenendintowhichusersinserttheirarms.Thebottomendistheclosedendoppositethetopedge.Furthermore,thelengthofthearmsupportdeviceisthedistancefromitstopedgetoitsbottomedge.Theperimeterandthewidthofthearmsupportdevice,unlessotherwiseindicated,aremeasuredatthetopedge.Thefrontfaceofthearmsupportdeviceistheexteriorsurfaceofthearmsupportthatfacesawayfromtheuserduringuse.Therearfaceisoppositethefrontface.Additionally,thearmsupportdeviceisconsideredfullystretchedwhenapplicationofadditionalstretchingforcedoesnotyieldanyappreciableamountoffurtherstretching.Thearmsupportisconsideredcompletelyunstretchedwhennostretchingforceisappliedatall.Astretchingforceisanyforcethatcausesadimensionofthearmsupporttoincreaseinlength.
Onebenefitofthearmsupportdeviceisthatitisasimplewayfortravelerstocomfortablysupporttheirarmsinawidevarietyofpositions.Unlikeotherarmsupportingdevicesorgarments,whichrestricttheuser'sarmstooneposition,thepresentinventionallowstheusertomovehisarmsintomanydifferentcomfortablysupportedpositions,solongastheuser'sarmsareinsidethesackandfoldedacrosshistorso.
Anotheradvantageofthearmsupportdeviceisthatitiseasytouseinclosequarters.Unlikeanarmsupportinggarmentthatmustbepulledovertheuser'sheadlikeashirt,thearmsupportdeviceispulledoverthearmsandpartiallyovertheshoulders,butnotoverthehead.Atravelerinatightseatingsituationmayfinditexceedinglydifficulttopullanarmsupportinggarmentoverhisheadwithoutelbowingorotherwisedisturbinghisseatmate
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