Transportable folding crib

A folding crib insert for a suitcase comprising:

• a first section designed to be inserted into one half of a suitcase, said first section having an outer wall structure and an inner wall structure spaced apart from said outer wall structure, said outer wall structure having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall, said inner wall structure having one end wall and two side walls and being secured to said bottom wall of said outer wall structure such that said inner wall structure is inside said outer wall structure with a first channel being formed between said walls of said inner and outer wall structures;
• a second section designed to be inserted into the other half of said suitcase, said second section having an outer wall structure and an inner wall structure spaced apart from said outer wall structure, said outer wall structure of said second section having a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls and a bottom wall and said inner wall structure of said second section having one end wall and a pair of side walls and being secured to said bottom wall of said outer wall structure of said second section with a second channel being formed between said walls of said inner and outer wall structures;
• a first telescoping rod pivotally secured in said first channel;
• a second telescoping rod pivotally secured in said second channel;
• a mesh crib wall having a first half and a second half, the bottom edge of said first half of said mesh crib wall being secured to said inner wall structure of said first section and the bottom edge of said second half of mesh crib wall being secured to said inner wall of said second section;
• means to secure a portion of said first half of said mesh wall to a portion of said first telescoping rod;
• means to secure a portion of said second half of said mesh wall to said second telescoping rod;
• a first hinged door covering said inner wall structure of said first section;
• a second hinged door covering said inner wall structure of said second section;
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• means to secure said first half of said mesh wall to said second half of said mesh wall when said first and second telescoping rods are extended and said first and second halves of said mesh wall are unfolded to form an erected crib, said first telescoping rod and said first half to said mesh wall being housed in said first channel when said crib is folded and said second telescoping rod and said second half of said mesh wall being housed in said second channel when said crib is folded.

A suitcase-crib combination comprising:

• a suitcase structure having an outer wall formed in two halves and an inner wall structure formed in two halves, said inner wall structure being spaced apart from said outer wall structure;
• hinge means coupling said two halves of said inner wall structure and said two halves of said outer wall structure together to form said suitcase structure;
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• a folding crib structure having a pair of supports and a mesh wall structure secured to said supports, said supports being pivotally secured in the space between said inner wall structure and said outer wall structure, one of said pair of supports being pivotally secured to one of said halves of inner and or outer wall and the other of said pair of supports being pivotally secured to the other of said halves, said supports and said mesh wall structure of said folding crib being folded into spaces formed between said inner wall structure and said outer wall structure so that said suitcase can be closed when said suitcase-crib combination is not in use.