Collapsible playard
AssigneeSummer Infant (USA), Inc.
InventorsMichael Thomas Fusco, Anthony Carbone, Sean Foster, Dana E. Chicca, Paul MacPhail Brown
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Abstract
A playard includes a collapsible frame having scissoring members vertically extending and forming sides, the frame lacking horizontal top members, a removable fabric enclosure, the removable fabric enclosure including a removable top portion, and a removable bottom portion, the removable top portion secured to an upper portion of the collapsible frame with an attachment device configured to removably engage corresponding receptacles in the upper collapsible frame.
Claims18
An enclosure assembly comprising:
- a collapsible frame having an upper portion and scissoring members vertically extending and forming sides, the collapsible frame lacking horizontal top members;
- and a removable fabric enclosure, the removable fabric enclosure comprising:
- a removable top portion;
- and a removable bottom portion, the removable top portion being securable to the upper portion of the collapsible frame with one or more attachment devices, wherein the attachment devices comprise of one or more cover caps, the cover caps configured to be removably and vertically inserted into a corresponding one or more vertically-oriented apertures formed in the removable top portion.
An enclosure assembly comprising:
- a collapsible frame having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first scissoring tube pair and a second scissoring tube pair, the first and second scissoring tube pairs vertically extending from the lower portion to the upper portion and forming sides, the first scissoring tube pair having a first top end and a first bottom end, the second scissoring tube pair having a second top end joined to the first top end by a top knuckle hinge, and a second bottom end joined to the first bottom end by a bottom knuckle hinge, the collapsible frame lacking horizontal top members;
- and a removable fabric enclosure, the removable fabric enclosure comprising:
- a removable top portion, the removable top portion being securable to the upper portion of the collapsible frame with one or more attachment devices, wherein the attachment devices comprise of one or more cover caps, the cover caps configured to be removably and vertically inserted into a corresponding one or more vertically-oriented apertures formed in the removable top portion;
- and a removable bottom portion, the removable bottom portion having one or more tabs configured to removably engage the lower portion of the collapsible frame.
An enclosure assembly comprising:
- a collapsible frame having a lower portion, an upper portion, and first and second scissoring tube pairs vertically extending from the lower portion to the upper portion and forming sides, the collapsible frame lacking horizontal top members;
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- a removable fabric enclosure, the removable fabric enclosure comprising:
- a removable top portion, the removable top portion being securable to the upper portion of the collapsible frame with one or more cover caps configured to be removably and vertically inserted into a corresponding one or more vertically-oriented apertures formed in the removable top portion;
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- a removable bottom portion, the removable bottom portion having one or more tabs configured to removably engage the lower portion of the collapsible frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.