U.S. patent application number 13/602111 was filed with the patent office on 2014-03-06 for infant pillow with multple functions.
This patent application is currently assigned to FONDATEC INDUSTRIAL CO., LIMITED. The applicant listed for this patent is Jun Lv. Invention is credited to Jun Lv.
Application Number | 20140059774 13/602111 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50185391 |
Filed Date | 2014-03-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140059774 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lv; Jun |
March 6, 2014 |
INFANT PILLOW WITH MULTPLE FUNCTIONS
Abstract
An infant pillow includes a base, a panel located, a moving
support device and a control module. The panel is located above the
base. Wherein the panel includes a surface defining a head portion
region and a shoulder-back portion region extending outwards from a
center of a side of the head portion region. The moving support
device is located between the panel and the base. The control
module is electrically connected with the moving support device and
located between the panel and the base. Wherein the panel within
the head portion region defines an inner concave; a milk sensing
unit is disposed near two opposite sides of the inner concave; the
milk sensing unit and the control module are electrically
connected. The above infant pillow can detect whether the infant
vomits milk and reduce chances of the infant being in danger.
Inventors: |
Lv; Jun; (Hong Kong,
HK) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Lv; Jun |
Hong Kong |
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HK |
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Assignee: |
FONDATEC INDUSTRIAL CO.,
LIMITED
Hong Kong
HK
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Family ID: |
50185391 |
Appl. No.: |
13/602111 |
Filed: |
September 1, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
5/655 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 2200/226 20130101;
A47G 9/1036 20130101; A47G 9/1009 20130101; A47G 9/10 20130101;
A47G 9/1045 20130101; A47G 2200/066 20130101; A47G 2200/143
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
5/655 |
International
Class: |
A47G 9/10 20060101
A47G009/10 |
Claims
1. An infant pillow comprising: a base; a panel located above the
base, wherein the panel comprising a surface defining a head
portion region and a shoulder-back portion region extending
outwards from a center of a side of the head portion region; a
moving support device located between the panel and the base; and a
control module electrically connected with the moving support
device and located between the panel and the base; wherein the
panel within the head portion region defines an inner concave; a
milk sensing unit is disposed near two opposite sides of the inner
concave; the milk sensing unit and the control module are
electrically connected, the control module receives a sensing
signal from the milk sensing unit and processes the sensing signal
to generate a control signal or a warning signal; and the moving
support device adjusts a slope of the panel relative to the base
according to the control signal of the control module.
2. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein the moving
support device comprises a motor and a connecting rod structure
connected to the motor, the motor and the control module are
electrically connected, and the connecting rod structure is
connected to the panel.
3. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein the milk
sensing unit comprises a plurality of humidity sensors distributed
uniformly near the two opposite sides of the inner concave.
4. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein the warning
signal is a sound signal, the control module comprises a wireless
signal transmitting unit and a remote controlled speaker to
generate a sound according to the sound signal from the wireless
signal transmitting unit.
5. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pressure
sensing unit is disposed in the inner concave, the pressure sensing
unit is electrically connected to the control module, the control
module includes a display unit which displays a sensing result of
the pressure sensing unit.
6. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 5, wherein the pressure
sensing unit comprises a plurality of pressure sensors distributed
uniformly along the periphery of the inner concave.
7. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sweat sensing
unit is disposed on the panel near the head portion region and
within the shoulder-back portion region, the control module
includes a wireless signal transmitting unit and a remote
controlled fan whose rotation rate is adjusted according to a wind
speed adjusting signal from the wireless signal transmitting
unit.
8. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sweat
sensing unit comprises a plurality of humidity sensors.
9. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bent portion
is formed on the panel within the shoulder-back portion region and
outside the milk sensing unit, connected to the moving support
device and controlled by the control module.
10. The infant pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein a soft layer
is formed on the surface of the panel, in which active carbon and
nanometer silver is dispersed.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure relates to an infant pillow, and more
particularly, to an infant pillow with multiple functions.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Generally, in addition to head deformation, infants often
have vomiting milk problems.
[0005] Existing technologies adjust head deformation by a
stereotypes pillow. However, the vomiting milk problem occurs
because that esophagus, intestinal and other digestive systems of
an infant are not yet fully developed, especially because cardiac
sphincter of most infants is not yet matured and cannot be closed
tightly when they're newborn, which easily results in vomiting
milk. For some infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, milk is
easy to accumulate in the stomach and cannot be digested and
absorbed successfully, which easily lead to vomiting milk.
Furthermore, the main food of an infant is liquid milk, which
easily reflux and more easily reflux when the body is lying than
when the body is upright. Vomiting milk problem will occur if an
infant is directly flat laid on a bed or a common infant bed when
the infant is too full or inhales too much air after being fed with
milk. Vomiting milk not only causes that the infant cannot fully
absorb milk and cannot be fed fully which results in malnutrition
and crying, but also causes insanitary and that it is inconvenient
to clean up, and furthermore causes the infant being choked by
milk. When a large quantity of milk is vomited, it will cause
obstruction of trachea and that the infant cannot breath and
immediately anoxia which endangers the life. When a small quantity
of milk is vomited, the infant may also inhale the milk deeply into
the lungs which results in aspiration pneumonia.
[0006] For the vomiting milk problem, parents always let the infant
sit uprightly for a moment and pat its back to reduce vomiting
milk. However, the vomiting milk problem of the infant is still
difficult to avoid. Especially at night or when the parents are not
at the side of their infant, the vomiting milk problem cannot be
solved timely, which may cause the infant in danger.
BRIEF SUMMARY
[0007] The present invention relates to an infant pillow that can
detect whether an infant vomits milk and reduce chances of the
infant being in danger.
[0008] To achieve the above-mentioned advantage, the present
invention provides an infant pillow. The infant pillow includes a
base, a panel located, a moving support device and a control
module. The panel is located above the base. Wherein the panel
includes a surface defining a head portion region and a
shoulder-back portion region extending outwards from a center of a
side of the head portion region. The moving support device is
located between the panel and the base. The control module is
electrically connected with the moving support device and located
between the panel and the base. Wherein the panel within the head
portion region defines an inner concave; a milk sensing unit is
disposed near two opposite sides of the inner concave; the milk
sensing unit and the control module are electrically connected, the
control module receives a sensing signal from the milk sensing unit
and processes the sensing signal to generate a control signal or a
warning signal; and the moving support device adjusts a slope of
the panel relative to the base according to the control signal of
the control module.
[0009] The above infant pillow includes a moving support device, a
control module and a milk sensing unit. If an infant vomits milk
when he/she is sleeping, the milk sensing unit can sense it and
produce a sensing signal. The control module receives the sensing
signal from the milk sensing unit and processes the sensing signal
to generate a control signal or a warning signal. And the moving
support device can also adjust a slope of the panel relative to the
base according to the control signal of the control module.
Therefore, the infant pillow can detect whether the infant vomits
milk and reduce chances of the infant being in danger.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] These and other features and advantages of the various
embodiments disclosed herein will be better understood with respect
to the following description and drawings, in which like numbers
refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
[0011] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an infant pillow according to
an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II' of
the infant pillow of FIG. 1.
[0013] FIG. 3 is a connection block schematic diagram of a milk
sensing unit, a control module and a moving support device of the
infant pillow of FIG. 1.
[0014] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a support device raising
a slope of a panel of the infant pillow of FIG. 1.
[0015] FIG. 5 is a schematic view according to another exemplary
embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0016] Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe
various exemplary embodiments of the present infant pillow in
detail.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 1 to and FIG. 3, an infant pillow 100
according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
includes a panel 21, a base 22, a moving support device 23 and a
control module 24. The panel 21 is panel located above the base 22.
The panel 21 defines a head portion region 12 and a shoulder-back
portion region 14 extending outwards from a center of a side of the
head portion region 12. The shoulder-back portion region 14 is
corresponding to a shoulder and a back of the infant. The moving
support device 23 and the control module 24 are electrically
connected and are located between the panel 21 and the base 22. The
panel 21 within the head portion region 12 defines an inner concave
212. A milk sensing unit 25 is disposed near two opposite sides of
the inner concave 212. The milk sensing unit 25 and the control
module 24 are electrically connected. The control module 24
receives a sensing signal from the milk sensing unit 25 and
processes the sensing signal to generate a control signal or a
warning signal. The moving support device 23 adjusts a slope of the
panel 21 relative to the base 22 according to the control signal of
the control module 24. It can be understood that arrangement of the
control module 24 can also make it realized that moving forms of
the moving support device 23 are artificially controlled.
[0018] In the present embodiment, the moving support device 23
includes a motor 232 and a connecting rod structure 234 connected
to the motor 232. The motor 232 and the control module 24 are
electrically connected with each other. The connecting rod
structure 234 is connected to the panel 21.
[0019] The milk sensing unit 25 includes a plurality of humidity
sensors 252. The humidity sensors 252 are distributed uniformly
near the two opposite sides of the inner concave 212.
[0020] The warning signal could be sound signal. In particular, in
the present embodiment, the control module 24 could also include a
wireless signal transmitting unit (not shown in the figure) and a
remote controlled speaker (not shown in the figure). The remote
controlled speaker can remind the infant's parents or other people
to pay attention according to a sound signal from the wireless
signal transmitting unit.
[0021] The above infant pillow 100 includes the moving support
device 23, the control module 24 and the milk sensing unit 25. If
an infant vomits milk when he/she is sleeping, the milk sensing
unit 25 can sense it and produce a sensing signal. The control
module 24 receives the sensing signal from the milk sensing unit 24
and processes the sensing signal to generate a control signal or a
warning signal. And the moving support device 23 can also adjust a
slope of the panel 21 relative to the base 22 according to the
control signal of the control module 24. For example, referring to
FIG. 4, the sensing unit 25 could generate a sensing signal when an
infant vomits milk. And the control module 24 could receive milk
the sensing signal from the sensing unit 24 and process the sensor
signal to generate a control signal of raising a slope. According
to the control signal, the moving support device 23 starts the
motor 232 which drives the connecting rod structure 234 to move,
thereby raising the slope of the panel 21 relative to the base 22,
and then raising the infant's head and reducing chances of the
infant being in danger. As another example, the milk sensing unit
25 will generate a sensing signal when an infant vomits milk. And
the control module 24 could receive milk the sensing signal from
the sensing unit 24 and process the sensor signal to generate a
warning signal to remind adults to pay attention; adults can timely
deal with the infant's vomiting milk problem, reducing chances of
the infant being in danger which is due to vomiting milk.
[0022] Furthermore, referring to FIG. 1 again, a plurality of
pressure sensors 26 could be disposed in the inner concave 212 of
the infant pillow 100. The pressure sensors 26 could be
electrically connected to the control module 24. The control module
24 may further include a display unit (not shown in the figure),
which is used to display a sensing result of the pressure sensors
26. The plurality of pressure sensors 26 may be distributed
uniformly along the periphery of the inner concave 212. The
pressure sensors 26 could sense pressure. When the infant sleeps
with his/her head inside the inner concave 212, the pressure
sensors 26 can sense pressure of different parts of the infant's
head; therefore, a pressure distribution diagram of the infant's
head can be drawn. According to the pressure distribution, the
infant's head shape can be correspondingly obtained. By knowing
infant's head shape, the infant's parents can adjust the infant's
sleeping position so as to prevent the infant from head deformation
(for example, head deviation).
[0023] Furthermore, within the shoulder-back portion region 14 of
the infant pillow 100, a sweat sensing unit 27 may be disposed on
the panel 21 near the head portion region 12. And the control
module 24 may also include a wireless signal transmitting unit (not
shown in the figure) and a remote controlled fan (not shown in the
figure). The remote controlled fan may be used to adjust a rotation
rate of the fan according to a wind speed adjusting signal from the
wireless signal transmitting unit generated according to a sensing
result of the sweat sensing unit 27. The sweat sensing unit 27 may
be composed of a plurality of humidity sensors. The infant easily
sweats near the neck, and it could be judged whether the infant is
over-warm by the sensing unit 27, therefore it can be selected
automatically to adjust the rotation rate of the fan, which
prevents the infant from overheating or heatstroke when it's
sleeping in hot weather.
[0024] Furthermore, a bent portion 142 may also be formed on the
panel 21 within the shoulder-back portion region 14 and outside the
milk sensing unit 25. The bent portion 142 may be connected to the
moving support device 23 and controlled by the control module 24.
When used, the bent portion 142 can be controlled turning inward by
the control module 24 to prevent the infant away from the infant
pillow 100.
[0025] In addition, in order to improve the comfort of the infant
pillow 100, to ensure that the baby pillow 100 is dry and to
inhibit the growth of bacteria, a soft layer 28 can also be
provided on the surface of the panel 21, as shown in FIG. 5. And
the soft layer is dispersed with active carbon and nanometer silver
281 therein.
[0026] The above description is given by way of example, and not
limitation. Given the above disclosure, one skilled in the art
could devise variations that are within the scope and spirit of the
invention disclosed herein, including configurations ways of the
recessed portions and materials and/or designs of the attaching
structures. Further, the various features of the embodiments
disclosed herein can be used alone, or in varying combinations with
each other and are not intended to be limited to the specific
combination described herein. Thus, the scope of the claims is not
to be limited by the illustrated embodiments.
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