Fabric Patents (Class 5/98.1)
  • Patent number: 7380296
    Abstract: A collapsible enclosure for restraining a patient to an area about a bed comprises a frame having a horizontal eave portion, a horizontal base portion opposing the horizontal eave portion, and at least two vertical members upstanding from the horizontal base portion for supporting the horizontal eave portion. The frame collapses as an integral unit for storage and transfer. A canopy secured to the frame defines an area about a bed such that a patient is allowed to move freely within the area. The canopy includes see-through portions defined by dark colored mesh to enhance visibility therethrough and prevent glare. In one embodiment, the canopy includes a hermetically sealable chamber defining the patient area for quarantining the patient therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Vival Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ellen, John J. Gildea
  • Patent number: 7343634
    Abstract: A frame structure for a foldable children play-yard adaptable to include a curve side rail to form at least a portion of its upper perimeter. The frame structure comprises a plurality of support members, an upper frame member and a lower frame member. The upper frame member is constructed of a plurality of side segments, which define the upper perimeter of the play-yard and comprise rail members, which can include a curve portion. The rail members are coupled in a rotatable relationship disposed between the adjacent support members. The side segments have opposite distal end portions in engagement with support brackets mounted on the support members, the support brackets are adaptable to affix the side segment when the play-yard is in the open configuration and to permit the side segments to move in more than a single degree of freedom (for example, translational, axial-rotational movement and swivel movements) when the play-yard is being folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Goodbaby Child Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhenghuan Song
  • Patent number: 7293304
    Abstract: A foldable baby crib includes a top frame unit, a bottom frame unit, a plurality of support rods, each of which has a top end segment connected to the top frame unit, and a bottom end segment opposite to the top end segment, and a plurality of foot members, each of which is connected fixedly to the bottom frame unit and is connected pivotally to the bottom end segment of a respective one of the support rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Jian-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 7284289
    Abstract: A collapsible infant travel bed includes four hoops, preferably all the same or similar size. One hoop is placed on the bottom and is connected to two side hoops and one hoop is connected to the tops of the side hoops. The side hoops are preferably covered with a see-through mesh fabric. The short ends at the head and the foot of the bed may be provided with mesh or opaque fabric, but it is preferred that at least the head be see-through mesh. A removable mattress is placed in the bed and one or more side cushions are arranged above the mattress. The bed is easily collapsed by pressing one of the side hoops toward the bottom hoop and then the other side hoop. A carrying case is provided for storing and carrying the collapsed bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Donna Biagini
  • Patent number: 7284288
    Abstract: A moving joint of a folding baby bed is pivoted to two connecting rods, and includes a support part, a pressing member, and two stopping members; the support part has two lateral plates, and a curved slot on each lateral plate; the pressing member is movable to and fro in and connected to the support part, and has a protrusion on each side; while the connecting rods are being pivoted, the connecting rods will come into contact with the protrusions to cause pivotal motion of the pressing member; the stopping members together are pivoted to a pivotal rod to form a V shape, which pivotal rod is passed through the curved slots of the lateral plates at two ends; the stopping members are subjected to an elastic position-restoring force; the connecting rods can be pivoted to fold the bed without hindrance after the pressing member has been pressed one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Pao-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 7263729
    Abstract: A juvenile playyard including an infant care assembly having a fabric bassinet and changing platform mountable across a portion of a top opening of the playyard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Chinawut Paul Paesang, Geoff Swales
  • Patent number: 7228575
    Abstract: A playpen assembly includes a playpen body having a plurality of horizontal support bars, and a hanging bed unit hung on the horizontal support bars and including a plurality of bed sections each having a plurality of sidewalls, a connecting portion interconnecting a top end of one of the sidewalls of one of the bed sections to a top end of one of the sidewalls of at least another one of the bed sections, and a reinforcing rod extending adjacent to the top ends of the bed sections and disposed beneath the connecting portion. The reinforcing rod bridges two opposite ones of the horizontal support bars, and has two opposite ends connected removably and respectively to the two opposite ones of the horizontal support bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Wonderland Nursery Goods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 7062806
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible door for use in enclosing a protected area, thus limiting ingress or egress. The invention includes a tracking system for accommodating the door from above and below and has both top and bottom portions. Also a bendable portion that is engageable with both the top and bottom portions of the tracking system is provided. Further, mesh faces can be attached to the bendable portions for the door and can be engageable with the strip-like portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Katherine Merlin
  • Patent number: 7055191
    Abstract: A playpen includes a plurality of support bars, a bed cushion, and a fixing device to fix the bed cushion on the support bars. Thus, the snapping plate of each of the holders of the fixing device is locked on the respective positioning seat, and the sleeve of each of the holders of the fixing device is locked on the respective support bar by the locking, so that each of the holders is positioned on the respective positioning seat and the respective support bar so as to support the bed cushion rigidly and stably, thereby preventing the bed cushion from becoming loosened or detached from the playpen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Owen Chen
  • Patent number: 7043780
    Abstract: A baby mesh bed includes a supporting foot, which is connected to the frame, and which includes a main body, and an ornamental cover; an upright rod part of the frame is inserted in the main body, and a connecting element is passed through the upright rod part and the main body; a horizontal rod part of the frame is inserted in a holding space of the main body at a flat insertion end portion thereof while a second connecting element is passed through the horizontal rod part and the main body; the flat insertion end portion has a slightly smaller thickness than the holding space therefore there is virtually no space between the flat insertion end portion and the main body; the ornamental cover is positioned on the main body to cover both the connecting elements, thus preventing the connecting elements from being seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Pao-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 7036161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to collapsible self-supported cribs which have one or more of the following characteristics: adjustable length and/or, width and/or height, lightweight, easily collapsed, very compact when collapsed and easily carried, stored and transported. The cribs contain one or more of the following elements: anti-torque posts, crossed support arms, telescoping crossed support arms, flexible liners, Structure Locking Elements, Anti-Collapse Locking Elements and Anti-Tipping Assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: Richard J. Harrison, William F. Mann
  • Cot
    Patent number: 7017203
    Abstract: A cot for a bed pad to be fixed therein is provided. The cot comprises an outer member, a bottom member, and at least one corner member connected to a corner of the bottom member. The outer member and the bottom member are connected and formed as a containing space, and the corner member and the bottom member are connected and formed as a pocket for the bed pad to be inserted and positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 7013505
    Abstract: A first playpen enclosure that converts easily to a bassinet, changing table or bed-side crib or “co-sleeper” that attaches securely to the parents' bed. A second enclosure support system maintains a padded enclosure and rigid floor panel at one or more predetermined levels below the top of the playpen to form the bassinet and co-sleeper. The second enclosure has a back, two sides, a bottom and a front flap that converts into a front wall for use in the bassinet mode and overhangs the front horizontal rail for use in the co-sleeper mode. The upper front corners are segmented into a movable section and a fixed section to facilitate lowering the front horizontal rail to at least one lower second position to accommodate various parental bed heights. Extensions of the fixed section are affixed to the front vertical rails and accept the movable sections in several positions to secure the rail in the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Arms Reach Concepts
    Inventor: Bruce Martin
  • Patent number: 7003821
    Abstract: A child containment structure includes a floor and a sidewall connected to the floor and defining a unitary structure with the floor. The sidewall includes at least one side panel formed at least partially of an air-restricting material and at least one ventilation panel positioned between the floor and the side panel. The ventilation panel has a maximum height smaller than that of the side panel, and the ventilation panel permits air flow between an interior of the containment structure and an exterior of the containment structure along a sleeping surface of the child containment structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventors: Jon J. DeHart, Jonathan M. Pacella, Joshua E. Clapper, Cindy Berkey
  • Patent number: 6959462
    Abstract: A bassinet having an accommodating space is provided. The bassinet can be supported on a baby play yard and has an accommodating portion. The accommodating portion is connected to the underneath of the bassinet and configured to define an accommodating space for receiving articles. A side face of the baby play yard is provided with an opening, so that it is convenient for a user to take out the articles received in the accommodating space. As a result, when necessary, the user just squats down, opens the opening on the side face, and thus can take out the articles very easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 6954949
    Abstract: A playpen with columns comprises a plurality of first corners each having a first bulge and a second bulge, a plurality of second corners each having a first sleeve and a second sleeve, a first rod unit connecting the first corners, a second rod unit connecting the second corners, a plurality of first columns whose one end bushes around the first bulge and another end thereof is inserted into the first sleeve, a plurality of second columns whose one end bushes around the second bulge and another end thereof is inserted into the second sleeve, and a boundary shelter unit covering the first columns. The distance between two opposite second columns is larger than that of two opposite first columns so that the second columns are revealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 6934981
    Abstract: A combination bassinet, bedside sleeper and changing table apparatus including a supporting frame having a rocking feature convertible through adjustable locking casters for easy rolling. A fabric member comprised of sidewalls and a skirt is draped over the frame. The apparatus may be placed against one side of an adult bed for easy access by a parent. The bedside sleeper is secured to the parents' bed with safety straps. One sidewall may be lowered to facilitate access to an infant by removal of a removably mounted sidewall/skirt supporting rod. The apparatus is adjustable in height to align the bedside sleeper with the parents' bed and when used as a changing table to accommodate for differences in the height of the parent. The bassinet is provided with a removable, adjustable hood for shielding light from the baby's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Simplicity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Waldman, Jerome Drobinski
  • Patent number: 6907626
    Abstract: A foldable bassinet is disclosed. The bassinet can be transformed from an erected position wherein a floor of the bassinet is substantially horizontal to ground, and elevated therefrom by a stand, to a folded position wherein the bassinet is compacted into a relatively small size. Using a uni-directional hinge in the floor of the bassinet, and a plurality of over-center locks, the floor of the bassinet can be locked into the horizontal position easily and effectively, without any structure provided directly below the center of the bassinet floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Welsh, Jr., Peter J. Myers
  • Patent number: 6901613
    Abstract: A dual-use playpen includes a hollow body, a separating member, and a frame member. The hollow body has first and second open ends opposite to each other. The separating member is mounted in the hollow body between the first and second open ends so as to partition the hollow body into a first region having a first depth, and a second region having a second depth smaller than the first depth. The frame member includes a first frame portion framing the first open end, a second frame portion framing the second open end, and a plurality of connecting rods extending and connected between the first and second frame portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6895611
    Abstract: A toy storage cover for a portable play yard includes four outer panels shaped to surround the outer walls of the play yard attached at their top edges to four inner panels shaped to line the play yard. A floor panel joins the inner panels and is secured to the floor of the play yard by a mattress pad shaped to fit within the inner panels above the floor of the play yard. A series of pockets are attached to the outer panels of the cover. The pockets have smaller pockets within them or on their outer surfaces. Tie-down straps, fitted foot pockets or attachments through the play yard walls are used to secure the cover to the play yard. The toy storage cover may be adapted to play yards of various designs, cribs or other open topped containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Arms Reach Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Bruce Martin
  • Patent number: 6877173
    Abstract: A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table, bassinet or play yard is described. The invention includes a first rigid enclosure that has four walls and a floor with the front wall capable of being positioned at an upper level equal to the remaining walls or at a second lower level. The first enclosure is capable of supporting a second enclosure within it that has four walls, a floor and can support a mattress. The co-sleeper is secured at one side of a parental bed with the co-sleeper mattress positioned a short distance below the level of the mattress of the parental bed. The front wall of the invention is placed in the second, lowered position for use as a co-sleeper or changing table and positioned at the upper level when the invention is used as a play yard or bassinet. The front wall has a fixed lower portion and a raisable upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Arms Reach Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Bruce Martin
  • Patent number: 6874177
    Abstract: A baby furniture includes a boundary frame, a body supporting member spaced apart with the boundary frame, and a plurality of supporting legs connected the boundary frame with the supporting member. A boundary shelter is supported by the boundary frame to surround an interior space within the supporting legs and define a play yard cavity within the supporting legs at a position above the body supporting member and a bassinet cavity within the supporting legs at a position below the body supporting member. Therefore, the baby furniture functions as a play yard when an opening of the play yard cavity faces upwardly and as a bassinet when an opening of the bassinet cavity faces upwardly by flipping the baby furniture in an up side down manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Ming Hsia
  • Patent number: 6865756
    Abstract: A collapsible frame structure for a playard. The collapsible frame structure includes a plurality of legs, and a plurality of cross members arranged so that at least one cross member extends between, and is pivotally connected to, respective adjacent legs to form a side of the playard. The frame structure also includes a plurality of slider joints, each slider joint slidingly engaging a respective one of the legs, and a plurality of pivot joints, each pivot joint on a respective one of the legs. The frame structure also includes at least one latch mechanism configured to selectively engage at least one of the slider joints with its respective leg, wherein each cross member is mounted to the respective adjacent legs by the slider joint on a first of the respective adjacent legs and by the pivot joint on a second of the respective adjacent legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua E. Clapper, Robert T. Pike, Gregory S. Sellers, Michael L. Longenecker, Arthur L. Gehr
  • Patent number: 6859957
    Abstract: A baby crib includes a bed frame structure, a fabric member mounted on the bed frame structure to define a surrounding wall around the bed frame structure, and a plurality of positioning posts mounted on the fabric member. The bed frame structure includes a plurality of upright tubes, each of which has a tube wall defining a receiving hole and having a slit that extends along the length of the tube wall and that is in spatial communication with the receiving hole. The positioning posts are inserted respectively into the receiving holes in the upright tubes. The fabric member is clamped between each upright tube and a corresponding positioning post, and extends outward through the slit in each upright tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 6851135
    Abstract: A foldable skeleton for a playpen foldable skeleton includes an upper frame, four upright rods, and a bottom frame. The upper frame includes two pairs of first rods, two pairs of second rods, four joints, and four connecting seats. Each of the joints includes a main base, a press button, a cover, a locking block, an elastic member, and two linking blocks. The bottom frame includes four support seats, four bottom rods, two linking gears, a connecting base, a pull member, and an operation member. Thus, the teeth of the two linking gears mesh with each other, so that the two linking gears are rotated relative to each other in a synchronous manner, and the bottom rods are folded synchronously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventor: Owen Chen
  • Patent number: 6851136
    Abstract: A portable “pop-up” structure comprising a first part (10) forming a receptacle, and a second part (11) forming an enclosure for the receptacle. The first and second parts are separable and each may be folded into a plurality of overlying loops for storing. Each part of the structure is made from a flexible coilable material frame with a foldable cloth-like material between the frame members. Thus, the structure forms a portable cot or animal bed which may be quickly released and erected using the “pop-up” principle, yet readily folded and stowed when not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Finecard International Limited
    Inventor: Anthony Paul Brereton
  • Patent number: 6848128
    Abstract: A portable infant cushion (10) includes a base (12) having a top surface (14) for engaging the body of an infant placed onto the top surface and for transferring the weight of the infant. The top surface (14) includes a head support portion (20) non-releasably attached to the base (12) and having a head engaging surface elevated relative to the base for supporting the head of the infant. The top surface (14) includes a body support portion (18) connected to the base (12) which is longitudinally spaced from the head support (20) and is for supporting the body of an infant. A side wall (24) extends peripherally around the base (12) and having an elevated surface elevated higher than the head support (20). The cushion (10) includes a blanket (32) for covering the infant adapted to be placed on the top surface (14). The blanket (32) has at least a portion secured to the side wall (24). The blanket (32) is extensible over the top surface (14) without extending over the head support portion (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventors: Esther A. L. Verbovszky, Carl J. Myers
  • Publication number: 20040261174
    Abstract: A child containment structure includes a floor and a sidewall connected to the floor and defining a unitary structure with the floor. The sidewall includes at least one side panel formed at least partially of an air-restricting material and at least one ventilation panel positioned between the floor and the side panel. The ventilation panel has a maximum height smaller than that of the side panel, and the ventilation panel permits air flow between an interior of the containment structure and an exterior of the containment structure along a sleeping surface of the child containment structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jon J. DeHart, Jonathan M. Pacella, Joshua E. Clapper, Cindy Berkey
  • Publication number: 20040237191
    Abstract: A collapsible frame structure for a playard. The collapsible frame structure includes a plurality of legs, and a plurality of cross members arranged so that at least one cross member extends between, and is pivotally connected to, respective adjacent legs to form a side of the playard. The frame structure also includes a plurality of slider joints, each slider joint slidingly engaging a respective one of the legs, and a plurality of pivot joints, each pivot joint on a respective one of the legs. The frame structure also includes at least one latch mechanism configured to selectively engage at least one of the slider joints with its respective leg, wherein each cross member is mounted to the respective adjacent legs by the slider joint on a first of the respective adjacent legs and by the pivot joint on a second of the respective adjacent legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua E. Clapper, Robert T. Pike, Gregory S. Sellers, Michael L. Longenecker, Arthur L. Gehr
  • Patent number: 6799338
    Abstract: A portable playyard includes a top frame defining a top opening, a bottom frame, a plurality of circular inflatable supporters spacedly bridging the top and bottom frames, a boundary shelter supported by the top frame to define a playyard cavity within the boundary shelter, the top frame, and the bottom frame; and an air valve provided at the inflatable supporters. Each of the inflatable supporters, having an air chamber, is outwardly and inclinedly extended from the top frame to the bottom frame to evenly distribute and support a downward force applied on the top frame so as to prevent the playyard from being accidentally collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: Ben Ming Hsia
  • Patent number: 6772458
    Abstract: A collapsible enclosure for restraining a patient to an area about a bed comprises a frame having a horizontal eave portion, a horizontal base portion opposing the horizontal eave portion, and at least two vertical members upstanding from the horizontal base portion for supporting the horizontal eave portion. The frame collapses as an integral unit for storage and transfer. A net assembly secured to the frame defines an area about a bed such that a patient is allowed to move freely within the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Vivax Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ellen, John J. Gildea
  • Patent number: 6725475
    Abstract: A foldable mechanism for a seat of a playyard comprising a center seat pivotally connecting with a plurality of bars with pins; a stationary block having horizontal grooves and being fixed in the center seat; a movable block having inclined grooves; movable pins penetrating the horizontal grooves of the stationary block and inclined grooves of the movable block so as to restrict pivotally moving of the bars; and a resilient element being positioned between the stationary block and the movable block. When the movable block is pulled up, the movable pins in the inclined grooves of the movable block move toward center of the seat, so that restriction of pivotally rotation of the bars by the movable pins is removed, the bars are rotating vertically, the seat of the playyard is collapsed, and then the movable pins move back to the original positions by the recovery force of the resilient element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 6721971
    Abstract: A baby bed has four upper corner elements joined to horizontal and vertical rods. Each upper corner element includes a main body, and an ornamental cover detachably fitted over the main body; the main body has a connecting hole on a bottom extension, and the ornamental cover has a hook for engaging the connecting hole of the main body. Two ends of the main body are formed with narrow slots, and two ends of each horizontal support rods are formed with thin and flat shape; the horizontal support rods are inserted into the slots of the main body at the plate-shaped end portions, and pivotally connected to the main body with pivotal pins. Dimensions of the baby bed can be reduced when it is in a folded position because the slots of the main body occupy relatively little space as compared with a round hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventor: Pao-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 6704949
    Abstract: A combination bassinet, bedside sleeper and changing table apparatus including a supporting frame having a rocking feature convertible through adjustable locking casters for easy rolling. A fabric member comprised of sidewalls and a skirt is draped over the frame. The apparatus may be placed against one side of an adult bed for easy access by a parent. The bedside sleeper is secured to the parents' bed with safety straps. One sidewall may be lowered to facilitate access to an infant by removal of a removably mounted sidewall/skirt supporting rod. The apparatus is adjustable in height to align the bedside sleeper with the parents' bed and when used as a changing table to accommodate for differences in the height of the parent. The bassinet is provided with a removable, adjustable hood for shielding light from the baby's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Simplicity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Waldman, Jerome Dropinski
  • Patent number: 6701547
    Abstract: A foldable frame includes a supporting frame, which is adapted for supporting a boundary shelter thereto, including a pair of first supporting arms in a parallel manner and a pair of second supporting arms connected to the first supporting arms end to end respectively, a pair of U-shaped folding arms each having two upper ends pivotally connected to the two first supporting arms respectively, and a securing device attached between each bottom portion of the folding arms and each of the second supporting arms of the supporting frame to retain an unfolded distance between the two bottom portions of the folding arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6687927
    Abstract: A toy storage cover for a portable play yard is described. The toy storage cover includes four outer panels shaped to surround the outer walls of the play yard attached at their top edges to four inner panels shaped to line the play yard. A floor panel joins the inner panels and is secured to the floor of the play yard by a mattress pad shaped to fit within the inner panels above the floor of the play yard. A series of pockets are attached to the outer panels of the cover. The pockets have smaller pockets within them or on their outer surfaces. Tie-down straps, fitted foot pockets or attachments through the play yard walls are used to secure the cover to the play yard. The toy storage cover may be adapted to play yards of various designs, cribs or other open topped containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Arms Reach Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Bruce Martin
  • Patent number: 6675413
    Abstract: A lightweight bottom wall structure for playyard, pen, and cot, which includes a boundary frame constructed to support a fabric made boundary shelter, wherein the lightweight bottom wall includes a bottom frame supported at a bottom portion of the boundary frame and defines a central window. A bottom wall includes a first layer having a tension surface and a second layer overlapped with the first layer to define a receiving groove between the first and second layers, wherein the bottom frame has a size and shape adapted to be fittedly received in the receiving groove so as to mount the first layer covering the central window to form the tension surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6665895
    Abstract: A playyard floor support frame includes a lock hub arranged to lie under a playyard floor, first and second floor support rails arranged to be mounted for movement in rail-receiving channels formed in the lock hub, and a base for receiving and elevating the lock hub above ground underlying the base. The frame further includes a lock controller mounted on the lock hub and configured to move the first and second floor support rails (at the option of a user) toward one another to establish a “locked” position of the frame and away from one another to establish an “unlocked” position of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William St. Pierre, Michael C. Dorsey, Richard Glover
  • Patent number: 6625826
    Abstract: A safety device for a foldable baby bed has a pivotal block fitted to one of pivotally connected base rods of the bed, and a locking member fitted to another of the base rods. A tube is pivoted to the pivotal block at a first end; the tube has a down facing cavity at a second end. The tube is movably passed through the locking member from the second end so that the cavity can fit onto a protrusion of the locking member when the bed is stretched to an in-use position where the base rods are positioned substantially on a plane; thus, the safety device prevents folding of the bed caused by unexpected force. The cavity is disengaged from the protrusion for allowing displacement of the base rods by means of lifting the second end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventor: Pao-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 6615424
    Abstract: An improvement on a base of a baby bed has a locking plate having a central elongated hole, and two locking holes at two ends. The locking plate can be moved up and down for unlocking and locking the base. The locking holes retain respective engaging pins, with which lower support rods of the base are associated, when the locking plate is in the locking position. Owing to increased length of the elongated hole, the locking plate can slide lengthwise besides moving up and down. Therefore, in case one of the locking holes fails to disengage its corresponding engaging pin completely when the locking plate is moved to allow folding operation of the baby bed, the engaging pin still can be disengaged from the locking hole automatically on the course of exerting force on the lower support rods to fold the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Ying-Hsiung Cheng
  • Patent number: 6588033
    Abstract: A foldable bassinet is disclosed. The bassinet can be transformed from an erected position wherein a floor of the bassinet is substantially horizontal to ground, and elevated therefrom by a stand, to a folded position wherein the bassinet is compacted into a relatively small size. Using a uni-directional hinge in the floor of the bassinet, and a plurality of over-center locks, the floor of the bassinet can be locked into the horizontal position easily and effectively, without any structure provided directly below the center of the bassinet floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Welsh, Jr., Peter J. Myers
  • Patent number: 6578211
    Abstract: A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table is described. The invention includes a collapsible rigid frame designed to support an enclosure at a predetermined height. The enclosure has padded walls and is sized and shaped to fit over the rigid frame. The back, first and second side walls of the enclosure are of a first height above a floor of the enclosure while the front wall is of a lower height. The floor of the enclosure is designed to be slightly lower that the top surface of a parental bed. A mattress pad is sized and shaped to fit within the enclosure and is segmented to use as a containing cover for the co-sleeper when the frame is collapsed. A strapping member is provided to hold the co-sleeper to the parental bed. A number of variations of this strapping member are provided. Several styles of support members for the enclosure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Arms Research Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Bruce Martin
  • Patent number: 6574812
    Abstract: An infant activity device includes a base, a support member and an upper member. The support member extends from the base to the upper member to support the upper member above the base. An infant activity panel is attachable between the upper member and the base. An infant activity fastener also is attachable to the infant activity device to secure, for example, a toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Vermont Juvenile Furniture Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris D. Jakubowski, Scott S. Jakubowski, Todd M. Jakubowski
  • Patent number: 6539563
    Abstract: A bassinet arrangement is detachably mounted on a playpen which includes a frame body having a top opening defining a surrounding supporting side edge and a storage chamber communicating with the top opening. The bassinet arrangement includes a fabric boundary having a first compartment, a second compartment adjacent thereto and a surrounding edge holder encirclingly provided on the fabric boundary for detachably mounting on the supporting side edge of the frame body of the playpen. The bassinet arrangement further includes a fastening unit provided on the edge holder and the frame body of the playpen for securely mounting the fabric boundary on the playpen and a bassinet adapted for substantially disposed in the second compartment. Therefore, the parent is able to accommodate his baby in the bassinet that is selectively supported on the playpen at home and carried everywhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6526608
    Abstract: A bassinet includes a fabric boundary having a receiving cavity to provide at least an opening edge, a supporting board fittedly disposed in the receiving cavity, a supporting frame including an edge supporting rim mounted on the opening edge of the fabric boundary, two folding arms pivotally connected to the edge supporting rim and arranged to move between a fully opened position and a closed position, and a locking mechanism provided on the supporting board for locking up the two folding arms in the fully opened position, and a mounting arrangement for detachably mounting on the play pen and cot respectively. In which, in the fully opened position, the two folding arms are move to perpendicularly bias against the supporting board, and in the closed position, the two folding arms are pivotally rotated towards to the top opening so as to reduce a depth of the receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6510570
    Abstract: A playard includes a leg, a flexible side panel, and a corner panel. The flexible side panel hugs against the leg so that the flexible side panel forms first and second side panel portions extending at an angle relative to each other about the leg to form a corner of the playard. The corner panel attaches to the inner sides of the angled first and second side panel portions. The corner panel is spaced from and covers the leg. In one embodiment, the corner panel comprises a flexible sheet stretched between the angled first and second side panel portions. In addition, the corner panel and portions of the first and side panel portions can form a corner pocket that hides the leg therein. The legs can be straight or bowed inwardly or bowed outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis M. Hartenstine, Michael L. Longenecker
  • Patent number: 6473919
    Abstract: A pivotal seat for a collapsible playpen includes a pivotal seat at lower center of a playpen and having a foot and four inverse U-shaped branches on four sides perpendicular to each other two of them having check surfaces and arcuate surfaces for pivoting a pair of elastic rods, the other two of them without the above arrangements for pivoting a pair conventional rod, a T-shaped member embedded into a central bore of the seat including a pair of symmetrically formed rotors superimposedly wrapped on and biased by a pair of coil springs for actuating the elastic rods in and out of the branches and a cover with a handle rotatably secured to the seat to control the movement of the rotors. The elastic rods are motionless when the playpen is flattened. If rotates the cover clockwise for a certain span, the elastic rods are set free to enable the playpen to be collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 6438773
    Abstract: A collapsible frame structure for supporting a fabric made boundary shelter to form a pen or cot, wherein the collapsible frame structure includes two pairs of first frame legs and two pairs of second frame legs. Four upper frame joints and four lower frame joints are pivotally connected the first frame legs with the second frame legs respectively to form a box structure that defines an interior cavity within the first and second frame legs. The boundary shelter is suspendedly disposed in the interior cavity and includes four side sheets having four top edge portions and a bottom sheet extended from the side sheets edge to edge wherein each top edge portions of the side sheets are overlappedly folded to form a U-shaped cross sectional structure to define a support chamber for receiving the respective upper frame therein, so as to support said boundary shelter on said collapsible frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6421850
    Abstract: A play yard having a foldable lower frame with a locking joint is disclosed. The locking joint includes a latch that prevents the lower frame section containing the joint from folding unless the latch is intentionally released. The latch is biased into the latch position, but can be intentionally released when the play yard is erected or partially erected to complete folding of the play yard. The latch can be released when the play yard is fully erected or partially folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Welsh, Jr.
  • Patent number: RE39136
    Abstract: A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table is described. The invention includes a collapsible rigid frame designed to support an enclosure at a predetermined height. The enclosure has padded walls and is sized and shaped to fit over the rigid frame. The back, first and second side walls of the enclosure are of a first height above a floor of the enclosure while the front wall is of a lower height. The floor of the enclosure is designed to be slightly lower that the top surface of a parental bed. A mattress pad is sized and shaped to fit within the enclosure and is segmented to use as a containing cover for the co-sleeper when the frame is collapsed. A strapping member is provided to hold the co-sleeper to the parental bed. A number of variations of this strapping member are provided. Several styles of support members for enclosure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Arms Reach, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Bruce Martin