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US 8,555,434 B2Granted
Reconfigurable child retaining structure
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsLinda J. Chapman, Timothy J. Trapp
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Abstract
A child retaining structure includes a wall assembly defining a child receiving area, a platform disposed within the child receiving area, and a support member connected to the wall assembly and supporting the platform. The support member and the platform are reconfigurable between a raised position so that the child retaining structure functions as a bassinet, and a lowered position so that the child retaining structure functions as a playpen, or alternatively, as a playhouse.
Claims20
A child retaining structure, comprising:
- a wall assembly including opposing first and second end walls and opposing first and second sidewalls, said wall assembly defining a child receiving area;
- a brace removably connectable to said opposing first and second end walls in a first position and in a second position;
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- a platform supported on said brace in said first position so that the child retaining structure functions as a bassinet, or said platform supported on said brace in said second position so that the child retaining structure functions as a playpen,
- wherein said first end wall includes a door pivotable between an open position permitting access through said wall assembly to said child receiving area and a closed position restricting access through said wall assembly to said child receiving area, and wherein said door is retained in its closed position when said brace is connected to said opposing first and second end walls in said first position.
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A child retaining structure, comprising:
- a first end wall including a first opening;
- a second end wall including a second opening;
- a first sidewall including a first section hingedly connected to said first end wall and a second section hingedly connected to said second end wall, said first section pivotally connected to said second section via a first hinged coupling;
- a second sidewall including a third section hingedly connected to said first end wall and a fourth section hingedly connected to said second end wall, said third section pivotally connected to said fourth section via a second hinged coupling, said second hinged coupling offset from said first hinged coupling, wherein said end walls and sidewalls cooperate to define a child receiving area;
- a first brace connected to each of the first end wall and the second end wall, the first brace being disposed in spaced relation from the side walls;
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- a second brace connected to each of the first end wall and the second end wall, the second brace being disposed in spaced relation from the side walls,
- wherein at least one of the first brace and the second brace spans the child receiving area, the at least one brace being received by the first and second openings of the end walls, and wherein the first brace and the second brace restrict pivotal movement of the end walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.