Playpen
AssigneeDiscovery International Co., Ltd.
InventorLi-Chu Chen Huang
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Abstract
The present application provides an improved playpen that can be transformed into a rocking cradle. The playpen becomes a rocking cradle due to pivoting arcuate tubes fitted to a bottom of the playpen. Therefore, it is easier for the parents to coax infant to sleep comfortably in that type of the playpen. More importantly, the arcuate tubes can readily be pivoted to their first configuration whereby the rocking cradle is converted back into the conventional playpen.
Claims9
An improved playpen arranged to be easily converted into a rocking cradle, and also to be easily converted from a rocking cradle back into a playpen, comprising:
- four bottom corner brackets;
- a pair of arcuate tubes including an arcuate main portion;
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- pivots connected between each end of the arcuate tubes and respective ones of the four bottom corner brackets, said pivots being arranged to permit said arcuate tubes to be pivoted between a first position in which the arcuate main portion is situated above lower surfaces of said brackets, and a second position in which the arcuate main portion is situated below lower surfaces of said brackets,
- whereby when said tube is pivoted to said first position, said playpen is supported by said lower surfaces of said brackets, and when said tube is pivoted to said second position, said arcuate main portion of said arcuate tube supports said playpen and said playpen therefore is converted into a rocking cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.