A folding playpen, comprising:
- a frame assembly in an extended configuration comprising:
- a plurality of parallel uprights arranged in a rectilinear configuration;
- a plurality of upper rails pivotally affixed to and extending between top portions of adjacent ones of said uprights;
- and
- a co-planar grid extending between bottom portions of said uprights, said co-planar grid comprising
- a central support block substantially positioned at a center of said rectilinear configuration of said uprights, said central support block including a leg extending downwardly therefrom to bear upon a surface on which said frame assembly is placed, and
- a plurality of cross braces each extending from a respective one of said uprights to said central support block, each said cross brace being pivotally attached to said central support block and to said respective one of said uprights,
- wherein said frame assembly is selectively collapsible from said extended configuration to a storage configuration by vertically translating said central support block from a lower position proximate to said bottom portions of said uprights to an upper position proximate to said top portions of said uprights;
- a flexible covering extending about a periphery of said frame assembly and selectively removable therefrom, said flexible covering defining an interior of said playpen and an open top of said interior of said playpen;
- a pad selectively removably supported by said co-planar grid and defining a closed bottom of said interior of said playpen;
- and
- a central divider selectively extendable in a vertical orientation within said interior of said playpen between a pair of opposing sides of said flexible covering and substantially from proximate to said open top to proximate to said closed bottom of said interior of said playpen so as to divide said interior of said playpen into at least a pair of interior portions located adjacent to one another but at opposite sides of said central divider, each interior portion having a corresponding portion of said open top defined by said flexible covering and a corresponding portion of said closed bottom defined by said pad supported by said co-planar grid,
- wherein said opposing sides of said flexible covering each includes a first tab affixed thereto and extending substantially from proximate to said open top to proximate to said closed bottom of said interior of said playpen, each said first tab including fastener portions affixed thereto;
- and wherein said central divider is selectively removable from said playpen interior, said central divider having second tabs affixed to and extending from a top to a bottom of opposite ends thereof and including fastener portions on each of said second tabs being engaged with said fastener portions on each of said first tabs affixed to said opposing sides of said flexible covering.