Bassinet frame
AssigneeWonderland Switzerland AG
InventorsJonathan K. Mountz, Lance J. Clemmer
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Abstract
A bassinet frame includes a support frame, two leg units, and two pivot hubs each connecting a respective one of the leg units to the support frame. Each of the leg units is pivotable relative to the support frame between a folded position, wherein a foot portion of the leg unit is proximal to the support frame, and an unfolded position, wherein the foot portion is distal from the support frame. When each of the leg units is at the unfolded position, a locking pin of the respective pivot hub is movable between a stopping position, wherein the locking pin prevents a respective one of the leg units from moving toward the folded position, and a releasing position, wherein movement of the respective leg unit toward the folded position is permitted.
Claims14
A bassinet frame comprising:
- a support frame;
- two leg units each having a pivot end portion and a foot portion that is opposite to said pivot end portion;
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- at least two pivot hubs each connecting a respective one of said leg units to said support frame, and each including a locking pin and a hub housing that is made of a flexible material and that has a slot-defining surface which defines a leg slot and which has opposite upper and lower ends serving respectively as upper and lower borders of said leg slot, said leg slot having a large end portion and a small end portion that are respectively proximate to said upper and lower ends, said small end portion being narrower than said large end portion and slightly narrower than said pivot end portion of said respective leg unit, said pivot end portion of each of said leg units extending through said leg slot of said hub housing of a respective one of said pivot hubs, and being pivotally connected to said respective one of said pivot hubs such that said leg units are pivotable relative to said pivot hubs and said locking pins;
- wherein each of said leg units is pivotable relative to said support frame between a folded position and an unfolded position;
- wherein, when each of said leg units is at the unfolded position, said foot portion thereof is distal from said support frame, said pivot end portion thereof is retained in said large end portion of said leg slot of said hub housing of said respective pivot hub and abuts against said lower end of said slot-defining surface of said respective pivot hub, and said locking pin of said respective pivot hub is movable between a stopping position, wherein said locking pin prevents a respective one of said leg units from moving toward the folded position, and a releasing position, wherein movement of said respective leg unit toward the folded position is permitted;
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- wherein, when each of said leg units is at the folded position, said foot portion thereof is proximal to said support frame, and said small end portion of said leg slot of said hub housing of each of said pivot hubs is allowed to become slightly wider so as to retain said pivot end portion of said respective leg unit therein in a manner that said pivot end portion of said respective leg unit is clamped by said hub housing of each of said pivot hubs via an elastic force of the flexible material.
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