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US 8,522,375 B2Granted
Bed side sleeper for infants
AssigneeBaby Trend, Inc.
InventorsDerek Conrad, Douglas Tharalson, Diana Tharalson, Denny Tsai
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Abstract
A sleeper for infants is described. The sleeper has four short legs, a frame supported by the legs and a bassinette hanging from the frame. The sleeper can rest on its legs for use in a stand-alone state, or be mounted on a playard for use as a bedside sleeper. When mounted on a playard, the sleeping surface of the sleeper has approximately the same height as an adult's bed.
Claims15
A sleeper for infants, comprising:
- at least four legs;
- at least four joining blocks each mounted at a top end of one of the legs, wherein each of the four joining blocks includes a hook;
- four side rail bars connected to the joining blocks to form a frame;
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- a plurality of webbings or a mesh or fabric material attached to at least two of the four side rail bars to form a bassinette, wherein a depth of the bassinette is less than a length of the legs.
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A sleeper system for infants, comprising:
- a sleeper including a support frame and a bassinette attached to and suspended from the support frame, the support frame having at least four legs, at least four joining blocks each mounted at a top end of one of the legs, and four side rail bars connected to the joining blocks, wherein a length of the legs is greater than a depth of the bassinette;
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- a support structure having a top frame including two pairs of parallel side rails, and four vertical posts supporting the top frame, the four vertical posts being separate from the four legs of the sleeper support frame,
- wherein the sleeper includes four hooks for fitting over one of the two pairs of the parallel side rails of the top frame of the support structure to removably suspend the sleeper from the parallel side rails of the top frame of the support structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.