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US 6,588,033 B1Granted
Foldable bassinet with suspended floor hinge
AssigneeKolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Welsh, Jr., Peter J. Myers
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Abstract
A foldable bassinet is disclosed. The bassinet can be transformed from an erected position wherein a floor of the bassinet is substantially horizontal to ground, and elevated therefrom by a stand, to a folded position wherein the bassinet is compacted into a relatively small size. Using a uni-directional hinge in the floor of the bassinet, and a plurality of over-center locks, the floor of the bassinet can be locked into the horizontal position easily and effectively, without any structure provided directly below the center of the bassinet floor.
Claims18
A bassinet, comprising:
- a frame having a top member with first and second legs and first and second rims pivotally attached thereto, the frame being foldable from an erected position wherein the rims are parallel to the top member, to a folded position wherein the rims are non-parallel to the top member;
- a floor supported below the rims, the floor including first and second halves connected by a hinge, the first and second halves being foldable downwardly about the hinge, the hinge preventing folding of the first and second halves upwardly about the hinge;
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- a flexible sidewall connecting the first and second floor halves to the first and second rims, respectively, the first and second rims and flexible sidewall preventing the first and second halves from folding downwardly about the hinge when the frame is in the erected position;
- the hinge including first and second leaves connected at a pivot, the first and second leaves each being substantially L-shaped in cross section and including a corner, the pivot being provided at the corner of each leaf.
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A bassinet, comprising:
- a frame;
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- a foldable floor supported by the frame and connected by a center hinge, the center hinge including first and second leaves connected by a pivot, the first and second leaves each including an inner edge, the inner edges being adjacent one another when the foldable floors are horizontal, the pivot being provided on one side of the hinge proximate the inner edges;
- wherein the foldable floor is suspended without any structure supporting it from below.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.