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US 2013/0160205 A1Published application
Top rail lock for playyard
AssigneeCosco Management, Inc.
InventorsPaul Dowd, Philippe M. Putzeys, Christopher David Miller
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Abstract
A playyard includes a collapsible frame having a rail support adapted to support a playyard floor and a playyard top rail. The playyard top rail includes a left rail segment and a right rail segment. The left rail segment and the right rail segment move relative to one another from an inline use position to a folded-storage position when the playyard is collapsed for storage or transportation.
Claims30
A playyard comprising
- a collapsible frame including a rail segment lock and rail support adapted to support a playyard floor and a top rail including a left rail segment, a center rail segment, and a right rail segment, wherein
- the rail support is configured to fold to be moved between an erected configuration to support the floor and a collapsed configuration without the floor,
- the top rail is coupled to the rail support of the collapsible frame and arranged to lie above a playyard floor supported on the rail support of the collapsible frame upon movement of the rail support of the collapsible frame to the erected configuration, the left rail segment of the top rail is coupled to a left corner leg included in the rail support of the collapsible frame, the right rail segment of the top rail is coupled to a right corner leg included in the rail support of the collapsible frame, the center rail segment of the top rail is arranged to interconnect the left and right rail segments and to support the left and right rail segments for movement relative to one another between an inline-use position wherein the left and right rail segments are arranged to extend along a generally horizontal reference line extending between the left and right corner legs and a folded-storage position wherein the left and right rail segments are arranged to extend in a generally vertical orientation in substantially perpendicular relation to the generally horizontal reference line,
- the center rail segment of the top rail includes a button-support bracket, a left fastener coupled to the bracket and to the left rail segment to support the left rail segment for movement relative to the bracket during movement of the left and right rail segments between the inline-use and folded-storage positions, and a right fastener coupled to the bracket and to the right rail segment to support the right rail segment for movement relative to the bracket during movement of the left and right rail segments between the inline-use and folded-storage positions, and
- the rail segment lock includes a rail-motion blocker mounted on the bracket for pivotable movement about a generally horizontal pivot axis that is arranged to lie in substantially spaced-apart parallel relation to the generally horizontal reference line when the rail support of the collapsible frame is in the erected configuration and left and right rail segments are in the inline-use position between a rail-locking position engaging the left and right rail segments to block movement of the left and right rail segments toward the folded-storage position and a rail-unlocking position disengaging the left and right rail segments to free the left and right rail segments to move toward the folded-storage position.
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A playyard comprising
- a rail support adapted to support a playyard floor,
- a top rail coupled to the rail support to lie above a playyard floor supported on the rail support, the top rail including a left rail segment, a right rail segment, and a central rail segment arranged to interconnect the left and right rail segments and configured to support the left and right rail segments for movement relative to one another between an inline-use position wherein the left and right rail segments extend from the central rail segment along a reference rail line spaced above a playyard floor supported on the rail support and a folded-storage position wherein the left and right rail segments extend upwardly from the central rail segment away from a playyard floor supported on the rail support, the central rail segment including a bracket, a left fastener configured to couple the left rail segment to the bracket, and a right fastener configured to couple the right rail segment to the bracket, and
- a rail segment lock including a blocker-mover button and release means for unlocking the left rail segment and the right rail segment for movement from the inline-use position to the folded-storage position in response to a user lifting the bracket upwardly away from a playyard floor supported on the rail support, pressing the blocker-mover button, and dropping the bracket toward a playyard floor supported on the rail support while pressing the blocker-mover button so that the left rail segment and the right rail segment are blocked from moving from the inline-use position to the folded-storage position in response to only pressing of the blocker-mover button.
A playyard comprising
- a rail support adapted to support a playyard floor,
- a top rail coupled to the rail support to lie above a playyard floor supported on the rail support, the top rail including a left rail segment, a right rail segment, and a central rail segment arranged to interconnect the left and right rail segments and configured to support the left and right rail segments for movement relative to one another between an inline-use position wherein the left and right rail segments extend from the central rail segment along a reference rail line spaced above a playyard floor supported on the rail support and a folded-storage position wherein the left and right rail segments extend upwardly from the central rail segment away from a playyard floor supported on the rail support, the central rail segment including an bracket, a left fastener configured to couple the left rail segment to the bracket, and a right fastener configured to couple the right rail segment to the bracket, and
- a rail segment lock including a rail-motion blocker and a blocker-biasing spring, the rail-motion blocker coupled to the bracket for movement about a lock axis from a locked position, wherein the rail-motion blocker blocks movement of the left and right rail segments from the inline-use position to the folded-storage position, to an unlocked position, wherein the rail-motion blocker allows movement of the left and right rail segments from the inline-use position to the folded-storage position, the blocker-biasing spring arranged between the bracket and the rail-motion blocker to bias the rail-motion blocker toward the locked position.
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