Bassinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12285973-B2
Application number	US-202318372381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2023
Priority date	Sep 14, 2017
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A bassinet includes a base, a column assembly rotatably connected to the base at a first end of the column assembly, an arm rotatably connected to a second end of the column assembly, a tub frame pivotably connected to the arm, an infant tub retained within the tub frame, the infant tub including a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls and having areas of reduced height along the front wall and at least one of the side walls to provide enhanced access to the infant located within the infant tub, and an insert configured to reversibly fit within an interior of the infant tub.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
transitioning, by a user while the user is in a seated position, an infant tub from at least one of a first position or first orientation to at least one of a second position or second orientation by engaging with at least one of the infant tub or a tub frame supporting the infant tub to cause the infant tub to rotate and/or translate relative to a base such that a front wall portion of the infant tub is facing the user and disposed sufficiently close to the user such that the user can access an interior of the infant tub from the seated position, the infant tub coupled to the base via a column assembly and an arm rotatably coupled to the column assembly; and
accessing, by the user while the user is in the seated position, an infant disposed within the interior of the infant tub by inserting a first arm of the user through a first opening defined above a first reduced height portion of the infant tub and a second arm of the user through a second opening defined above a second reduced height portion of the infant tub such that the user is in contact with the infant through the first opening and the second opening, the first opening and the second opening separated by the front wall portion, the front wall portion having a greater height relative to a bottom portion of the infant tub than the first reduced height portion and the second reduced height portion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transitioning is performed by the user without assistance from another person.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising removing, by the user while the user is in the seated position, the infant from the interior of the infant tub via removing the first arm from the first opening, removing the second arm from the second opening, and lifting the infant over the front wall portion.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is in the seated position on a bed.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising transitioning, prior to the accessing, a blocking portion from a first configuration in which the blocking portion blocks the first opening to a second configuration in which the blocking portion does not block the first opening.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the second position or second orientation, the infant tub is at least partially disposed above and vertically aligned with a portion of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising adjusting, by the user, a height of the infant tub relative to the base by hand actuating a height handle included in the tub frame and operatively coupled to a height adjustment actuator included in the column assembly, the height handle disposed higher than a surface on which the user is seated during the adjusting.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
deactivating, by the user while the user is in the seated position, an automatic lock feature associated with a wheel coupled to the base via hand actuating a wheel handle included in the tub frame and operatively coupled to the automatic lock feature, the wheel handle disposed higher than a surface on which the user is seated during the deactivating; and
moving the base via pulling on at least one of the infant tub or the tub frame.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transitioning includes engaging, by a hand of the user, a pivot handle included in the tub frame and operatively coupled to a pivot actuator included in the tub frame, the pivot handle disposed higher than a surface on which the user is seated during the adjusting.

Assignees

• Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill

Inventors

• Tully Kristin Patricia
• Sullivan Catherine
• Seashore Carl John
• Stuebe Alison Mann
• Hagler Ty
• Murphy Patrick
• Joshi Prasad
• Kirk Charity Grace

Classifications

• A47D9/00

  Cradles {; Bassinets} · CPC title

• A47D7/01

  with adjustable parts, e.g. for adapting the length to the growth of the children · CPC title

• A47D9/016

  capable of being suspended from, or attached to, other articles or structures, e.g. adult's bed · CPC title

• A47D9/012

  with adjustable parts · CPC title

• A61G11/005

  with movable walls, e.g. for accessing the inside, removable walls · CPC title