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US 11,026,522 B1Granted
Playyard
AssigneeRegalo International, LLC
InventorsMark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
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Abstract
The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
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A playyard comprising:
- a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
- b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
- c) the sidewall of the flexible pen having a set of extensions, each of said extensions being paired with and engaged to one of the upper junctions;
- d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
- e) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
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- f) a set of flexible straps, each of the flexible straps having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate sliding portion disposed between the proximal end portion and distal end portion, the proximal end portion being engaged to the flexible pen, the distal end portion being engaged to the floor, each of the intermediate sliding portions of the flexible straps slidingly engaging the frame adjacent to a respective lower junction when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from said open configuration to the closed configuration, each of the intermediate sliding portions of the flexible straps slidingly engaging the frame adjacent to a respective lower junction when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
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A playyard comprising:
- a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
- b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
- c) the sidewall of the flexible pen having a set of extensions, each of said extensions being paired with and engaged to one of the upper junctions;
- d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
- e) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
- f) a set of pieces, each of the pieces engaged to the frame at or adjacent to one of the lower junctions;
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- g) a set of flexible straps, each of the flexible straps having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate portion disposed between the proximal end portion and distal end portion, the proximal end portion being engaged to the flexible pen, the distal end portion being engaged to the floor, the intermediate portion slidingly engaging one of said pieces at or adjacent to one of said lower junctions when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from said open configuration to the closed configuration and when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
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A playyard comprising:
- a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
- b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
- c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
- d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
- e) a set of flexible straps, each of the flexible straps having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate portion disposed between the proximal end portion and distal end portion, the proximal end portion being engaged to the flexible pen, the distal end portion being engaged to the floor;
- f) the intermediate portion slidingly engaging one of the frame or a piece engaged to said frame at or adjacent to one of the lower junctions;
- g) the intermediate portion slidingly engaging said frame or said piece when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from said open configuration to the closed configuration and when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
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- h) one of the junctions having a front face and an inside face and further having flexible material extending from the sidewall about said front face and inner face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.