Play yard with height adjustable changing table

In a combination of a play yard and a changing table mounted on said play yard to provide an elevated support surface on which to place an infant, the play yard having a frame structure defining an upper boundary member and including post members, said changing table having a table frame member including generally longitudinally extending portions oriented generally parallel to said upper boundary member and being interconnected by a transversely extending portion, the improvement comprising:

• a guard member associated with each said generally longitudinally extending portion and extending vertically so that each said guard member blocks a gap between said generally longitudinally extending portion of said table frame member and said upper boundary member, said table frame member being movable between a lowermost operative position in which said gap has a minimum height dimension and an uppermost operative position in which said gap has a maximum height dimension, said guard member having a vertical length terminating in a bottom edge and being sufficient to block said gap from said lowermost operative position to said uppermost operative position to prevent a child's head from being trapped between said table frame member and said upper boundary member throughout the movement of said table frame member, said bottom edge of said guard member being positioned at a spaced relationship to said upper boundary member when said table frame member is in said uppermost operative position with the distance between said upper boundary member and said bottom edge of said guard member being less than a distance necessary for a child's head to pass between said upper boundary member and said table frame member.

A changing table mountable on a play yard to provide an elevated surface for supporting a child, said play yard having an upper boundary member and post members, comprising:

• a base member;
• a table frame member supporting an infant support surface and being pivotally connected to said base member for movement relative thereto about a generally horizontal pivot axis between an operative position and an inoperative position, said base member including mounting members vertically movable relative to said post members, each of said mounting members incorporating a locking apparatus to secure said mounting members at selected positions relative to said post members to position said table frame member at different heights relative to said upper boundary member, said locking apparatus including a locking button spring-loaded into engagement with the corresponding said post member to be extendable through an opening in said post member corresponding to the selected height position of said table frame member, said locking apparatus further including a manually activated actuator that is operable to retract said locking button from said post member to allow a repositioning of said table frame member;
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• a guard member associated with said table frame member and being oriented vertically so that said guard member blocks a gap between said table frame member and said upper boundary member when said changing table is in said operative position.