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US 6,742,751 B1Granted
Padded safety device for individual crib slats
OwnerKaren Louise DeMoorinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a safety device used in an infant crib or playpen to protect its occupant from the individual hard (typically) wood vertical support posts (i.e., slats). A padded cushion is fastened around the entire crib slat, and has a solid, vertical support piece which is used to stabilize the pad in an upright, fixed position at all times. The safety support piece (i.e. stabilizing object) prevents an infant or toddler from pushing down on the pad and using it as a step to climb out of the crib.
Claims1
A padded safety device for the individual vertical supports of a crib or playpen that consists of:
- a cover made of soft material that has an internal and external side, with said internal side having an enclosed hollow space;
- a soft resilient material that fills said hollow space;
- a stabilizing object contained in said hollow space, such that said stabilizing object allows said padded safety device to remain in a fixed, upright position, while in use on said vertical supports;
- the ability to wrap around said vertical supports;
- a means to fasten said padded safety device to itself;
- a length that reaches approximately the height of said vertical supports;
- a length that reaches the bottom of said vertical supports.
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