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US 11,596,242 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.
Claims12
A flexible playyard pen, comprising:
- a) a flexible sidewall, a flexible floor, and an open top;
- b) the flexible sidewall being endless, the flexible sidewall having an upper endless edge and a lower endless edge;
- c) the flexible sidewall comprising a set of six flexible panels;
- d) each of the six flexible panels having an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a first side edge portion, and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion of one flexible panel being adjacent to the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel;
- e) each of the six flexible panels having mesh extending from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion, each of the six flexible panels having mesh extending from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion;
- f) a set of six upright strip portions of flexible material, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material extending from the upper endless edge of the flexible sidewall to the lower endless edge of the flexible sidewall, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material engaging the first side edge portion of one flexible panel and the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material having an upper end portion;
- g) the lower endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each of the six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging one of the six flexible panels and the floor, each the six flexible panels having one of the six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the lower edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- h) the upper endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of six upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each the six flexible panels having one of the six upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the upper edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- i) a set of six flexible extensions;
- j) each of the six flexible extensions extending from the flexible sidewall at a location adjacent to an upper end portion of one of the six upright strip portions of flexible material;
- k) each of the six flexible extensions extending from two upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material that are adjacent to each other;
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- l) each of the six flexible extensions having a first quick connect to engage a second quick connect on a playyard frame.
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A flexible playyard pen, comprising:
- a) a flexible sidewall, a flexible floor, and an open top;
- b) the flexible sidewall being endless, the flexible sidewall having an upper endless edge and a lower endless edge;
- c) the flexible sidewall comprising a set of flexible panels;
- d) each of the flexible panels having an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a first side edge portion, and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion of one flexible panel being adjacent to the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel;
- e) each of the flexible panels having mesh extending from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion, each of the flexible panels having mesh extending from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion;
- f) a set of upright strip portions of flexible material, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material extending from the upper endless edge of the flexible sidewall to the lower endless edge of the flexible sidewall, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material engaging the first side edge portion of one flexible panel and the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material having an upper end portion;
- g) the lower endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each of the lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging one of the flexible panels and the floor, each the flexible panels having one of the lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the lower edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- h) the upper endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each the flexible panels having one of the upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the upper edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- i) a set of flexible extensions;
- j) each of the flexible extensions extending from the flexible sidewall at a location adjacent to an upper end portion of one of the upright strip portions of flexible material;
- k) each of the flexible extensions extending from two upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material that are adjacent to each other;
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- 1) each of the flexible extensions having a first quick connect to engage a second quick connect on a playyard frame.
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A flexible playyard pen, comprising:
- a) a flexible sidewall, a flexible floor, and an open top;
- b) the flexible sidewall being endless, the flexible sidewall having an upper endless edge and a lower endless edge;
- c) the flexible sidewall comprising a set of flexible panels;
- d) each of the flexible panels having an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a first side edge portion, and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion of one flexible panel being adjacent to the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel;
- e) a set of upright strip portions of flexible material, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material extending from the upper endless edge of the flexible sidewall to the lower endless edge of the flexible sidewall, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material engaging the first side edge portion of one flexible panel and the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel, each of the upright strip portions of flexible material having an upper end portion;
- f) the lower endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each of the lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging one of the flexible panels and the floor, each the flexible panels having one of the lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the lower edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- g) the upper endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each the flexible panels having one of the upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the upper edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
- h) a set of flexible extensions;
- i) each of the flexible extensions extending from the flexible sidewall at a location adjacent to an upper end portion of one of the upright strip portions of flexible material;
- j) each of the flexible extensions extending from two upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material that are adjacent to each other;
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- k) each of the flexible extensions having a first quick connect to engage a second quick connect on a playyard frame.
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