Playyard

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10448752-B1
Application number	US-201615080502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A playyard comprising:
a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other;
f) a lock, the lock being engaged between the support members of a support member pair, the lock having an over center mechanism where an over center position is a locked position; and
g) wherein said lock includes first and second elongate members, each of the first and second elongate members having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends being pivotally engaged to each other, each of the distal ends being pivotally engaged to one of said support members of said support member pair having said lock.

2. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein said support members of said support member pair having said lock include lower portions, each of the lower portions extending from the intermediate junction to said lower junction, and wherein said lock is engaged to said lower portions of said support members of said support member pair.

3. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein each of the upper junctions is freely swingable at all times except when said lock is locked.

4. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein each of the upper junctions includes no lock.

5. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein each of the upper junctions is free to pivot except when said lock is locked.

6. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein each of the elongate members includes a length, wherein each of said support members includes a length, the length of each of said elongate members being adjacent to one of said support members when the playyard is in the closed configuration.

7. The playyard of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second elongate members includes a respective first and second axis, the first and second axis being at one time in a straight line when the playyard is folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration.

8. A playyard comprising:
a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other; and
f) a lock, the lock being engaged between the support members of a support member pair, the lock having an over center mechanism where an over center position is a locked position; and
g) wherein the lock includes first and second elongate members, the first and second elongate members forming a V shape when the playyard is in the closed configuration.

9. A playyard comprising:
a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other; and
f) a lock, the lock being engaged between the support members of a support member pair, the lock having an over center mechanism where an over center position is a locked position; and
g) wherein the lock includes first and second elongate members, the first and second elongate members forming a V shape when the lock is in the locked position and the playyard is in the open configuration.

10. A playyard comprising:
a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other; and
f) a lock, the lock being engaged between the support members of a support member pair, the lock having an over center mechanism where an over center position is a locked position; and
g) wherein the lock includes a first elongate member having a first axis and a second elongate member having a second axis, the first elongate member being pivotally engaged to a first support member at a first pivot point, the second elongate member being pivotally engaged to a second support member at a second pivot point, a first distance between the first and second pivot points when the first and second axis form a straight line being defined by a distance A, the first and second axis forming a straight line at a point in time when the playyard is being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration, a second distance between the first and second pivot points being defined by a distance B when the lock is in the locked position, distance A being greater than distance B.

11. A playyard comprising:
a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;
b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;
c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;
e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other;
f) a tension lock engaged between a first support member pair having first and second

Assignees

• Regalo Int Llc

Inventors

• Flannery Mark A
• Mcmahon Brian M
• Summers Caleb

Classifications

• A47D13/063 Primary

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