ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,777, issued on Sept. 9.
"Earbud accomodating pillow device" was invented by Angela Murphy (Conroe, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earbud accommodating pillow device includes a pillow that is curved between a first end and a second end of the pillow such that the pillow has a U-shape. In this way the pillow can extend around a user's ear when the user lies on the pillow. The pillow is positionable on a sleeping pillow to space the user's ear from the sleeping pillow thereby facilitating the user to wear earbuds while the user is sleeping. The pillow has a first chamber that is filled with a resiliently compressible stuffing ...