Foldable structure for child play area
AssigneeMelissa & Doug, LLC
InventorsRachel Belter, Hali Jacobucci
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides embodiments of a foldable stand for a child play area. The foldable stand includes a main body, a fixed leg fixedly attached to the main body, first and second movable legs movably attached to the main body by a gear mechanism and movable between an extended and a folded position. The gear mechanism includes a first gear fixedly attached to the first movable leg, and a second gear fixedly attached to the second movable leg. The first gear and the second gear mesh such that as one of the first and second movable legs is rotated in a first direction, another of the first and second movable legs rotates in a second direction. The first and second movable legs extend further horizontally from the main body than the fixed leg.
Claims19
A foldable structure for a child play area, the foldable structure comprising:
- a main body;
- a fixed leg fixedly attached to the main body;
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- first and second movable legs movably attached to the main body by a gear mechanism and movable between an extended and a folded position, the gear mechanism comprising;
- a first gear fixedly attached to the first movable leg,
- and a second gear fixedly attached to the second movable leg,
- wherein the first gear and the second gear mesh such that as one of the first and second movable legs is rotated in a first direction, another of the first and second movable legs rotates in a second direction and wherein the first and second movable legs extend further horizontally from the main body than the fixed leg.
A foldable structure for a child play area, the foldable structure comprising:
- a main body having a circumference;
- a fixed leg fixedly attached to the main body along a portion of the circumference of the main body;
- first and second movable legs movably attached to the main body and movable about at least a portion of the circumference of the main body between an extended position and a folded position, wherein the first and second movable legs have distal ends that extend further from the main body than does a distal end of the fixed leg;
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- a first gear fixedly attached to the first movable leg and a second gear fixedly attached to the second movable leg and a detent plate including at least one detent stop operatively associated with at least one of the first gear and the second gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.