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US 6,957,464 B1Granted
Crib bumper
AssigneeSprings Industries, Inc.
InventorVivan Faye Coauette
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Abstract
A crib bumper comprises flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panel material defining a plurality of downwardly opening pockets spaced apart along a length of the bumper panel material, and a generally L-shaped insert for at least some of the pockets, each insert defining a horizontal leg structured and arranged to be slipped beneath a crib mattress and a vertical leg that projects upwardly alongside the mattress. The vertical legs of the inserts are structured and arranged to be received into the pockets in the bumper panel material, such that the inserts position the bumper panel material in a vertical orientation adjacent the crib mattress.
Claims20
A crib bumper, comprising:
- flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panel material defining a plurality of downwardly opening pockets spaced apart along a length of the bumper panel material;
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- a generally L-shaped insert for each of at least some of the pockets, each insert defining a horizontal leg structured and arranged to be slipped beneath a crib mattress and a vertical leg structured and arranged to be received into a respective one of the pockets in the bumper panel material, such that the inserts position the bumper panel material in a vertical orientation adjacent the crib mattress.
A crib bumper, comprising:
- a string of interconnected flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panels, the bumper panels comprising a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, and a second side panel for respective positioning along a first end, a first side, a second end, and a second side of a crib, at least one of the bumper panels defining at least one downwardly opening pocket;
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- a generally L-shaped insert for each said pocket, each insert defining a horizontal leg structured and arranged to be slipped beneath a crib mattress and a vertical leg structured and arranged to be received into the respective pocket in the bumper panel for holding the bumper panel in a vertical orientation adjacent the crib mattress.
A crib bumper, comprising:
- a string of interconnected flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panels, the bumper panels comprising a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, and a second side panel for respective positioning along a first end, a first side, a second end, and a second side of a crib, each of the end panels defining at least one downwardly opening pocket and at least one of the side panels defining at least two downwardly opening pockets;
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- a generally L-shaped insert for each of at least some of the pockets, each insert defining a horizontal leg structured and arranged to be slipped beneath a crib mattress and a vertical leg structured and arranged to be received into a respective one of the pockets in the bumper panels for holding the bumper panels in a vertical orientation adjacent the crib mattress.
A crib bumper, comprising:
- a string of interconnected flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panels, the bumper panels comprising a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, and a second side panel for respective positioning along a first end, a first side, a second end, and a second side of a crib, each of the end panels defining at least one downwardly opening pocket and at least one of the side panels defining at least one downwardly opening pocket;
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- a generally L-shaped insert for each of at least some of the pockets, each insert defining a horizontal leg structured and arranged to be slipped beneath a crib mattress and a vertical leg structured and arranged to be received into a respective one of the pockets in the bumper panels for holding the bumper panels in a vertical orientation adjacent the crib mattress, and each insert being structured and arranged to be convertible from a first position to a second position, the first and second positions having different heights of the vertical leg relative to the horizontal leg.
A crib bumper, comprising:
- a string of interconnected flexible, resiliently cushioning bumper panels, the bumper panels comprising a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, and a second side panel for respective positioning along a first end, a first side, a second end, and a second side of a crib, each of the end panels defining at least one downwardly opening pocket and the first side panel defining at least one downwardly opening pocket for receiving upwardly projecting support members associated with the crib, the second side panel being free of any pocket for receiving a support member.
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