Will the ‘Napwrap’ product by designers SittingBridge solve elbow wars on planes?

IT’S a mile-high battle that nobody wants to lose. A frequent flyer has created a product that claims to give all passengers both armrests. It’s quite wacky.

IT’S a mile-high battle that nobody wants to lose.

The cutthroat competition for ownership of both the armrests on a flight can soar so high that, at times, push can literally come to shove.

In fact, it’s such a common frustration that there are entire articles dedicated to advising travellers on how to nick the armrests from their seatmates.

But one traveller decided she’d simply had enough of the never-ending elbow wars, or ultimately having to give up her armrests. There had to be a better way.

So when Mona Dehshid was unable to find a way to help her win, she decided to create a product that could give everyone the use of both armrests.

Well, kind of.

Mona, a designer and frequent flyer based in San Diego, tells news.com.au of her idea for a solution to the dilemma: “I had to travel intentionally every month. I found it awkward to share an armrest with someone I have no idea about and to get that close to them or even fight for the armrest.

“That is how Napwrap was born.”

She designed the product along with the co-founder of her company SittingBridge, Bruce Backer. The product essentially sees travellers become their own armrests!

Wait, what?

Let us explain. The product wraps around your arms, when crossed over each other, to form a “cocoon”. It locks them in place by hooking around the upper arm on one side, and twists around to support the hand of the other arm below.

Step one. Picture: SittingBridge

Step two. Done! Picture: SittingBridge

“Napwrap supports your arms comfortably so you can relax and sleep with out having to worry about fighting for an armrest or sharing it with someone you don’t know,” she said. “For convenience it wraps around the arm when not using it as an armrest to hold phone or a music player. It can also be used as an eye mask and earmuff combo when armrest is not an issue. It is very light weight.”

It’s being sold for $US20 ($21.35) on the SittingBridge website.

It’s quite out there, but if you really want an armrest it could be worth a try.