US 7,461,421 B1
Play pillow with hiding space
Julia Sarah Faircloth, 11025 NE. Hurley La., Newburg, Oreg. 97132 (US); and Nellie Tara Faircloth, 11025 NE. Hurley La., Newburg, Oreg. 97132 (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/661,698.
Int. Cl. A47G 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 5—639  [5/630; 5/640] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A theme pillow assembly, comprising:
a cushioning member, said cushioning member comprising a cushioning medium, a front surface and a back surface, said front surface and said back surface being connected along an outer perimeter of said cushioning member, said cushioning medium being between said front surface and said back surface;
a first cavity, said first cavity recessed from said front surface into said cushioning member, said first cavity comprising a first cavity opening of a predetermined dimension, a first cavity sidewall perimeter surface, and a first cavity floor surface of a similar predetermined dimension, said first cavity sidewall perimeter surface connected to said first cavity floor surface, and said first cavity sidewall perimeter surface encircled by said cushioning medium;
at least one item frictionally yet releasably situated in said first cavity;
a first door connected to said front surface, and said first door being bendable and openable to an open position for revealing all of said first cavity opening and closeable to a closed position over said first cavity for concealing at least a portion of said first cavity and said at least one item situated in said first cavity; and,
a second door connected to said cushioning member, and
a third door, said third door underlying said first door when said first door is in said closed position; and,
wherein said first cavity sidewall perimeter surface billows inward toward said first cavity to frictionally yet releasably hold said at least one item;
wherein said first cavity opening generally maintains said predetermined dimension in said open position and in said closed position, and said first cavity floor surface generally maintains said similar predetermined dimension in said open position and in said closed position;
wherein said first cavity sidewall perimeter surface billows in between said first cavity opening and said first cavity floor surface, said first cavity sidewall perimeter surface at least partially obscuring said first cavity floor surface when said at least one item is frictionally yet releasably situated in said first cavity and when said first cavity is empty; and,
wherein at least one of said cushioning member and said first door have indicia, said at least one item and said indicia together visually indicating an illustrated theme.