Crib accessory
AssigneeDovetail Essentials, LLC
InventorsKathryn Beck Mallory, Louise Wingfield Childs
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Abstract
A pop up cover for a crib is provided for providing a safe, comfortable and isolated environment for a child in a crib. The pop-up cover may be made of breathable fabric panels having an integrated frame, for example a flexible frame, which can be folded (collapsed) on itself, for example when folded in specific ways if appropriate force is applied and which keeps the fabric in a taught, open position when unfolded (preventing the panels form falling inwards onto each other). The pop up cover can be lightweight and compact, quick and easy to set up, dark inside and breathable.
Claims23
A crib enclosure, comprising:
- a self-supporting pod comprising:
- a fabric pavilion comprising two pairs of opposing fabric sides, wherein:
- a first side of a pair is similar in size and shape to a second side of the pair;
- each side in one pair is joined to each of the opposing sides in the other pair,
- each side has a base end and a top end with the base end being wider than the top end such that the joined sides form an open rectangular base configured to insert a crib therein, thereby enclosing the crib in the pod, and meet at or near an apex to form a cover having a height that permits a size-appropriate occupant to stand in the enclosed crib at least at the apex,
- wherein the fabric is a breath-able, light-limiting material,
- wherein the open rectangular base has a width and a length that are greater than the width and the length of the crib, and
- at least one of the fabric sides comprises an access panel sized to permit loading and unloading of the size-appropriate occupant into the crib when the pod is deployed over the crib
- wherein a compartment configured to hold a baby monitor is included in or attached to one of the fabric sides, wherein the compartment comprises a clear material facing the inside of the pod, when the pod is in an open, use position, wherein the interior of the compartment is accessible via an opening in the exterior surface of the pod;
- and
- a flexible frame having a size and shape configured to fit the crib therein and constructed to keep the fabric pavilion taut when in the open, use position and to permit folding the pod into a compact size when in a collapsed position,
- wherein the flexible frame consists of first and second flexible struts, wherein the first and second flexible struts extend between opposite corners of the open rectangular base and across the apex of the pavilion, the first flexible strut crossing over the second flexible strut at the apex of the pavilion.
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