Foldable bassinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11910936-B2
Application number	US-202117199474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 20, 2018
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A foldable bassinet includes a top rail assembly, a first hinge assembly combined with the top rail assembly, a second hinge assembly rotatably combined with the first hinge assembly, a leg assembly connected to the second hinge assembly and a latch assembly movably disposed on the second hinge assembly. An engaging protrusion protrudes from the first hinge assembly. The leg assembly is foldable relative to the top rail assembly by rotation of the second hinge assembly relative to the first hinge assembly. The latch assembly includes an engaging component pivotally disposed on the second hinge assembly for engaging with the engaging protrusion. The engaging component engages with the engaging protrusion to restrain the rotation of the second hinge assembly relative to the first hinge assembly when the leg assembly is unfolded relative to the top rail assembly to an upright position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A foldable bassinet comprising:
a top rail assembly;
at least one first hinge assembly combined with the top rail assembly, the at least one first hinge assembly including an engaging protrusion protruding from the at least one first hinge assembly;
at least one second hinge assembly rotatably combined with the at least one first hinge assembly;
at least one leg assembly connected to the at least one second hinge assembly, the at least one leg assembly being foldable relative to the top rail assembly by rotation of the at least one second hinge assembly relative to the at least one first hinge assembly; and
at least one latch assembly movably disposed on the at least one second hinge assembly, the at least one latch assembly comprising an engaging component pivotally attached to the at least one second hinge assembly such that the engaging component is rotatable about a pivot point for engaging with the engaging protrusion, the engaging component engaging with the engaging protrusion to restrain the rotation of the at least one second hinge assembly relative to the at least one first hinge assembly when the at least one leg assembly is unfolded relative to the top rail assembly to an upright position.

2. The foldable bassinet of claim 1 , wherein the engaging component comprises an operating portion, a pivot point and an engaging portion, the pivot point is connected to and located between the operating portion and the engaging portion, the pivot point is pivotally attached to the at least one second hinge assembly, an engaging notch is formed on the engaging portion, the operating portion is at least partially exposed out of the at least one second hinge assembly, and the operating portion is configured to be operated to pivot the pivot point so as to drive the engaging notch to engage with or disengage from the engaging protrusion.

3. The foldable bassinet of claim 2 , wherein the at least one latch assembly further comprises a recovering component abutting between the at least one second hinge assembly and the engaging component to bias the engaging component to engage with the engaging protrusion.

4. The foldable bassinet of claim 3 , wherein the recovering component is a torsional spring.

5. The foldable bassinet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first hinge assembly is received inside the at least one second hinge assembly.

6. The foldable bassinet of claim 5 , wherein the at least one second hinge assembly comprises a first outer housing and a second outer housing detachably connected to the first outer housing, a first receiving chamber is formed between the first outer housing and the second outer housing, and the at least one first hinge assembly is received inside the first receiving chamber.

7. The foldable bassinet of claim 6 , wherein at least one hinge section is formed on the top rail assembly and comprises a longitudinal axis, the at least one hinge section is sheathed in the at least one first hinge assembly, and the at least one second hinge assembly is rotatable relative to the at least one first hinge assembly around the longitudinal axis.

8. The foldable bassinet of claim 7 , wherein an interface surface of the first receiving chamber and an interface surface of the at least one first hinge assembly are formed in arc shapes around the longitudinal axis and contact with each other.

9. The foldable bassinet of claim 6 , wherein an abutting surface of the first receiving chamber abuts against an abutting surface of the at least one first hinge assembly when the at least one leg assembly is unfolded relative to the top rail assembly to the upright position.

10. The foldable bassinet of claim 6 , wherein the at least one first hinge assembly comprises a first portion having a first radius and a second portion having a second radius greater than the first radius, an exposing window is formed on the first outer housing and communicated with the first receiving chamber, the second portion is exposed out of the exposing window when the at least one leg assembly is folded relative to the top rail assembly to a folded position.

11. The foldable bassinet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second hinge assembly comprises a first outer housing and a second outer housing detachably connected to the first outer housing, a first receiving chamber and at least one second receiving chamber are formed between the first outer housing and the second outer housing, the at least one first hinge assembly is received inside the first receiving chamber, and the at least one leg assembly is received inside the at least one second receiving chamber.

12. The foldable bassinet of claim 11 , wherein two second receiving chambers are formed between the first outer housing and the second outer housing, the at least one leg assembly comprises two leg components, and upper ends of the two leg components are received inside the two corresponding second receiving chambers respectively.

13. The foldable bassinet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first hinge assembly and the top rail assembly are combined with each other to cooperatively form an integral structure.

14. The foldable bassinet of claim 1 , wherein the top rail assembly comprises at least one tube component, the at least one first hinge assembly is combined with a central portion of the at least one tube component, the at least one leg assembly comprises two leg components, and the two leg components are connected to the at least one second hinge assembly.

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Tuckey Peter R

Classifications

• A47D9/005 Primary

  foldable · CPC title

• A47D15/003

  foldable, e.g. baby mats · CPC title

• A47D7/005 Primary

  dismountable · CPC title

• A47D7/002

  foldable · CPC title

• B62B7/00

  Carriages for children; Perambulators, e.g. dolls' perambulators · CPC title