US 6,742,749 B2Granted

Baby's play gym for suspending toys, reconfigurable as a magazine rack or a chair

AssigneeAprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha

InventorsKenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi

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Abstract

A baby's play gym for supporting suspended toys can be reconfigured to form a magazine rack or a chair. The play gym includes upwardly convex arcuate first and second side supports arranged laterally opposite one another with a spacing distance therebetween. First and second hanger bars coupling the first and second side supports with each other for hanging toys thereon extend between upper portions of the first and second side supports. Third and fourth hanger bars for hanging other toys extend between lower portions of the first and second side supports. When reconfigured as a magazine rack or a chair, a strip member is supported from at least two of the hanger bars to form a sling trough to support books and magazines or a sling seat to support a person, while the play members are removed and some of the hanger bars may be removed.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A system of components forming a convertible article that can be selectively configured as a baby's play gym and as at least one of a magazine rack and a chair, comprising:

first and second side supports arranged spaced apart from one another;
a plurality of hanger bars that each extend between and interconnect said first side support and said second side support;
a plurality of baby's play toys;
and
a strip member;
wherein:
when said system of components is configured as said baby's play gym, said baby's play toys are suspended from one or more of said hanger bars;
and
when said system of components is configured as said magazine rack or as said chair, said strip member is secured to and suspended from at least two of said hanger bars to form a suspended sling of said strip member that is adapted to support at least one of magazines and books placed on said suspended sling or a person seated on said suspended sling.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/312,649Filed 26 Dec 2002
Priority: JP 2001-15410023 May 2001
Published: US 2003/0127573 A110 Jul 2003
Granted: 1 Jun 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47D 15/00
Accessories for children's furniture
A47D 11/00
Children's furniture convertible into other kinds of furniture
A63H 33/003
Other toys: convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes
A63H 33/006
Other toys: infant exercisers, e.g. for attachment to a crib