# US 2016/0242566 A1 · Play yard with liner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0242566 A1 - Document ID: US20160242566A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/047,912 - Filed: 2016-02-19 - Published: 2016-08-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-20 - Assignees: Kids II, Inc. - Applicants: Kids II, Inc. - Inventors: Chaitanya TADIPATRI; Stephen BURNS; Eric A. LANGE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160242566A1 ## CPC - A47D 13/066: {dismountable} - A47D 13/063: {with soft walls} - A47D: FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) ## Abstract A children's play yard including a structural support frame and a liner for attachment to the structural support frame. The structural support frame includes corner posts and cross-members extending between the corner posts to define a periphery of the frame. The liner includes wall panels extending between corner posts of the frame on an interior side of the periphery of the frame, and at least one attachment flap for attachment around a corner post on an exterior side of the periphery of the frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A children's play yard comprising: a structural support frame comprising a plurality of corner posts and a plurality of cross-members extending between the corner posts; and a liner attached to the structural support frame, the liner comprising wall panels extending between the corner posts of the frame, the liner further comprising corner post attachment flaps secured around the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the wall panels are positioned internal of the corner posts of the frame, and wherein the corner post attachment flaps extend external of the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the liner is removable from the frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The children's play yard of claim 3, wherein the liner is removable from the frame without detachment of any portion of the corner posts from the structural support frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the corner post attachment flaps are releasably secured around the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The children's play yard of claim 5, wherein the corner post attachment flaps comprise a strip of a first component of a hook-and-loop attachment material configured to releasably attach with a strip of a second component of the hook-and-loop attachment material on one of the wall panels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the structural support frame is foldable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The children's play yard of claim 7, wherein the cross-members of the frame are pivotally coupled to the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the liner further comprises an attachment skirt portion configured to extend over the cross-members of the frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The children's play yard of claim 9, wherein the attachment skirt of the liner comprises an upper peripheral attachment for removably attaching the liner to an upper periphery of the frame. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The children's play yard of claim 10 wherein the upper peripheral attachment comprises a zipper. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The children's play yard of claim 9, wherein the attachment skirt of the liner comprises flap corner attachment straps for attachment to the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the liner further comprises lower corner attachment straps for detachable coupling to a base portion of the frame proximal a lower end of the corner posts. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The children's play yard of claim 13, wherein the lower corner attachment straps comprise a snap coupling member for detachable coupling to a foot of the frame. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, wherein the corner post attachment flaps secure around the corner posts of the frame with at least a segment of the corner posts remaining externally visible above or below the corner post attachment flaps. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, further comprising a floor panel for placement over a base portion of the frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The children's play yard of claim 1, further comprising an accessory for removable attachment to the frame above the corner post attachment flaps, the accessory selected from an infant sleeper unit, a changing station, an entertainment bar, a light and a storage container. ### Claim 18 A children's play yard comprising a structural support frame and a liner attached to the structural support frame, the structural support frame comprising a plurality of corner posts and cross-members extending between the corner posts to define a periphery of the frame, the liner comprising wall panels extending between corner posts of the frame on an interior side of the periphery of the frame, and at least one attachment flap for attachment around a portion of a corner post of the frame on an exterior side of the periphery of the frame. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein the liner is removable from the frame. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The children's play yard of claim 19, wherein the liner is removable from the frame without detachment of any portion of the corner posts from the structural support frame. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein the structural support frame is foldable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein the at least one attachment flap is releasably attached around a portion of a corner post of the frame on an exterior side of the periphery of the frame. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The children's play yard of claim 22, wherein the at least one attachment flap comprises a first component of a hook-and-loop attachment material at a free end thereof to releasably fasten to a second component of the hook-and-loop attachment material on one of the wall panels. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein the at least one attachment flap comprises an attachment skirt configured to extend over the cross-members of the frame. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The children's play yard of claim 24, wherein the attachment skirt comprises an upper peripheral attachment member. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The children's play yard of claim 24, wherein the attachment skirt comprises flap corner attachment straps for attachment to the corner posts of the frame. ### Claim 27 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein the liner further comprises lower corner attachment straps for coupling to a base portion of the frame proximal a lower end of the corner posts. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The children's play yard of claim 27, wherein the lower corner attachment straps comprise a snap coupling member for detachable coupling to a foot of the frame. ### Claim 29 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, wherein segments of the corner posts remain externally visible when the attachment flaps are attached around the corner posts. ### Claim 30 (depends on 18) The children's play yard of claim 18, further comprising an accessory for removable attachment to the frame above the at least one attachment flap, the accessory selected from an infant sleeper unit, a changing station, an entertainment bar, a light and a storage container. ### Claim 31 A children's play yard comprising: a collapsible frame comprising four corner posts and having first and second side cross-members and first and second end cross-members extending between respective corner posts, the side and end cross-members being pivotally connected to the corner posts to allow the frame to fold between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration; and a liner attached to the frame, the liner having wall panels configured to extend between the corner posts of the frame, corner post attachment flaps configured to secure around corner posts of the frame, a top flap configured to extend over at least portions of the side and end cross-members of the frame, lower base attachment members for securing lower corners of the liner to feet of the frame, and flap corner attachments for securing corners of the top flap to the frame. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The children's play yard of claim 31, wherein the liner is removably attached to the frame. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The children's play yard of claim 32, wherein the corner post attachment flaps detachably secure around corner posts of the frame, and wherein the lower base attachment members removably secure lower corners of the liner to feet of the frame, and wherein the flap corner attachments removably secure corners of the top flap to the frame.