Play yard

A child play yard including a frame comprising:

• legs;
• lower cross bars having first ends pivotally coupled to lower ends of the legs and second ends pivotally coupled to a hub disposed substantially centrally within a periphery of the frame, the hub including hub lock fingers pivotally coupled to the hub and including lower feet portions, and a hub mechanical spindle having an enlarged diameter lower end portion that engages lower inner sidewalls of the hub lock fingers and maintains the lower feet portions of the hub lock fingers outside a perimeter of a lower opening of the hub when the hub is disposed in a lowermost position in the frame;
• upper cross bars extending between respective pairs of the legs, the upper cross bars including first and second sections with ends disposed proximate midpoints of the upper cross bars, the first and second sections being locked into alignment with one another when the hub is disposed in the lowermost position;
• and
• a hub cover and a middle central piece slidably disposed within a recess defined in the hub cover, an upper end of the hub mechanical spindle being secured to the middle central piece, mechanical stops extending from a lower surface of the middle central piece that limit relative displacement between the hub cover and middle central piece,
• displacement of the hub upward from the lowermost position causing the hub mechanical spindle to engage internal angled sidewalls of the hub lock fingers and cause the hub lock fingers to pivot and the lower feet portions to be drawn into the lower opening of the hub, the lower cross bars to pivot relative to the hub and the legs and to draw the legs inward toward the hub, the first ends of the lower cross bars to pull indirectly on cables passing into the upper cross bars, the cables disengaging plungers from strike plates in the upper cross bars and unlocking the first and second sections of the upper cross bars from each other, and the upper cross bars to fold and the ends of the first and second sections of the upper cross bars to be drawn downward.