Search All Patents in Consumer Sleep Technology
Patent US10201630
Issued 2019-02-12
Aromatherapy Apparatus And Housing
The present invention is an apparatus for employing aromatherapy, binaural sounds, music, vibration, and visual effects for altering a user's emotional state. The apparatus comprises: a shape memory foam pillow, a pair of stereo speakers, an aromatherapy diffuser, a pillowcase comprised of a temperature-regulating fabric, a vibrating device, a strobe light, a canopy, and a housing to integrate and support these components. The user connects a smartphone or other portable digital audio device to the speakers, activates the aromatherapy diffuser, strobe light, and vibrating device, independently or in combination, and then lays his head down on the pillow beneath the open canopy. Ideally, the smartphone or audio device should have a meditation, music, or binaural sound application, which would be tuned to a specific beat frequency, e.g. 10 Hertz. The combined action of essential oil vapors, binaural sounds or music, vibration, and strobe light should alter the user's emotional state towards relaxation, sleepiness, or increased alertness, depending on the essential oils, sounds, vibration, and light patterns employed.
Much More than Average Length Specification
View the Patent Matrix® Diagram to Explore the Claim Relationships
USPTO Full Text Publication >
- 1. An aromatherapy apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising a bottom wall, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall; a contoured shape-memory foam pillow located on said bottom wall, said pillow disposed within a fabric pillowcase; a pair of speakers including an audio input cable, each said speaker located on a respective speaker support piece attached to said housing; an aromatherapy diffuser located on a diffuser support piece attached to said housing; a vibrating element for imparting vibrations to said pillow; a strobe light located on a strobe light support piece attached to said housing; and a canopy secured to said housing.
- 15. A method of using an aromatherapy apparatus, the method comprising:
a user adding water to an aromatherapy diffuser, said aromatherapy diffuser disposed on a support piece of a housing, said housing in the form of an open container; said user adding one or more essential oils to the water in said aromatherapy diffuser, and activating said aromatherapy diffuser; said user connecting a user-supplied smartphone, mobile device, or portable music player to a pair of portable stereo speakers, each of said speakers disposed on a respective support piece of said housing, and said user activating one of a music application or binaural beats application preinstalled on said user's smartphone, mobile device, or portable music player; said user activating a strobe light, said strobe light disposed on a strobe light support piece of said housing; said user deploying a canopy secured to said housing; said user laying his head down on a shape memory foam pillow, said pillow disposed within said housing, and said pillow encased within a temperature-regulating fabric pillowcase; and said user activating a vibrating element for imparting vibrations to said pillow.
