Cabinet-crib combination apparatus

A cabinet-crib combination comprising:

• a housing structure;
• a crib railing structure having a front railing, a left railing and a right railing, wherein the left and right railings are coupled to the housing structure at first ends of the left and right railings via a first set of swivels and a second set of swivels, wherein the left and right railings are coupled to the front railing at second ends of the left and right railing via the second set of swivels, wherein each of the left and right railings has a plurality of vertical bars coupled between a top bar and a bottom bar via the second set of swivels, the left and right railings being coupled to left and right sidewalls of the housing structure, respectively, at the first ends of the left and right railings via the second set of swivels, wherein the second set of swivels allow the vertical bars to pivot closer to each other so as to be substantially adjacent to each other when the crib railing structure is in a folded state;
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• a mattress tray being capable of swinging up and down and in and out of the housing structure via a swivel and slide mechanism, the mattress tray being coupled to the left and right sidewalls of the housing structure via a third set of swivels of the swivel and slide mechanism that allow the mattress tray to pivot at the left and right sidewalls of the housing structure.

A convertible crib and storage cabinet assembly, comprising:

• a cabinet having opposed parallel side walls;
• a rectangular mattress tray having opposed end walls and opposed side walls for receiving a mattress therebetween;
• pivotal support means pivotably supporting said mattress tray in said cabinet between said side walls of said cabinet such that said mattress tray is pivotable between a horizontal orientation partially extending from said cabinet to a vertical orientation so as to be received in said cabinet;
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• a crib railing structure including a front railing and opposed side railings;
• said side railings each having parallel top and bottom bars and vertical bars extending between said parallel top and bottom bars,
• each said top and bottom bar of said side railings having a proximal end portion pivotally connected to the side walls of said cabinet and a distal end portion pivotally connected to said front railing such that the crib railing structure can be pivoted between a lower horizontal orientation in which the crib railing structure extends outwardly from said cabinet aligned over the end walls and one of the side walls of said mattress tray and an upwardly folded orientation so as to be stored within the cabinet, and the front railing maintains a vertical attitude in both the horizontal orientation and the folded orientation.

A cabinet-crib combination apparatus comprising:

• a housing structure having a top wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a back wall, and a bottom wall;
• a crib railing structure being capable of swinging up and down and into and out of the housing structure via a first set of swivels and a second set of swivels, the crib railing structure having a front railing, a left railing and a right railing, wherein each of the left and right railings has a plurality of vertical bars coupled between a top bar and a bottom bar via the second set of swivels that allow the vertical bars to pivot at the top and bottom bars, the left and right railings being coupled to the left and right sidewalls of the housing structure, respectively, at first ends of the left and right railings via the swivels that allow the first set of left and right railings to pivot at the left and right sidewalls, the left and right railings being coupled to ends of the front railing at second ends of the left and right railings via the second set of swivels that allow the left and right railings to pivot at the ends of the front railing;
• a flap down stay mechanism being connected to the housing structure and the crib railing structure, the flap down stay mechanism being one of a modified uni-directional viscous coupling and a stay of a mechanical versus hydraulic nature, the flap down stay mechanism being capable of assisting the crib railing structure to fold in and out of the housing structure, the flap down stay mechanism being capable of locking the crib railing structure in a vertical position;
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• a mattress tray being capable of swinging up and down and in and out of the housing structure via a swivel and slide mechanism, the mattress tray being coupled to the left and right sidewalls of the housing structure via a third set of swivels of the swivel and slide mechanism that allows the tray to pivot at the left and right sidewalls.