Mattress and bassinet support structures for a child containment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9901187-B2
Application number	US-201414170216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Jan 31, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A child containment device has a playard and a bassinet accessory supported on the playard. A mattress is positioned within the bassinet accessory. The device can have a mattress support structure attached to the bassinet accessory or the mattress and can have a bassinet support structure attached to the bassinet accessory. The mattress support structure can keep the mattress flat and level and be irremovably attached to the mattress or bassinet accessory. The bassinet support structure can be irremovably attached to the bassinet accessory or can be configured to orient the mattress to contact a playard floor panel or be oriented 30° or more from a level orientation if improperly installed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A child containment device comprising:
a playard;
a bassinet accessory connected to the playard, the bassinet accessory comprising:
a bottom panel comprising:
two side perimeter edges and two end perimeter edges; and
a at least two elongate stiffeners irremovably and permanently attached to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory and spaced inward from the two side perimeter edges of the bottom panel;

a mattress having a top side defining a sleeping surface and removably positioned over the bottom panel and the at least two elongate stiffeners of the bassinet accessory;
wherein the playard and the bassinet accessory are configured to be adjusted together from an assembled, in-use configuration to a disassembled, folded up, storage configuration at the same time with the bassinet accessory, comprising the bottom panel and at least two elongate stiffeners, still coupled to the playard, and
wherein, when the playard and the bassinet accessory is in the disassembled, folded up, storage configuration with the bassinet accessory still coupled to the playard, the mattress wraps around the playard and the bassinet accessory and defines an outer surface of a folded up child containment device and wherein the at least two elongate stiffeners fold up and fit entirely inside of the mattress defining the outer surface and within dimensions of the folded up child containment device.

2. A child containment device according to claim 1 , wherein each elongate stiffener comprises two or more segments configured to be removably coupled and decoupled from one another.

3. A child containment device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the two or more segments of the two elongate stiffeners is irremovably attached to the bottom panel.

4. A child containment device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two elongate stiffeners has a portion received in a fabric tunnel that is affixed to the bottom panel, the portion being irremovably coupled to the fabric tunnel.

5. A child containment device according to claim 4 , wherein each fabric tunnel has a distal open end and wherein a free end of the portion of each of the at least two elongate stiffeners can slide through the distal open end when the bassinet accessory is in the disassembled, folded up, storage configuration.

6. A child containment device according to claim 4 , wherein each fabric tunnel has a distal closed end and wherein a free end of the portion of each of the at least two elongate stiffeners 1) is spaced a first distance from the distal closed end of the corresponding fabric tunnel when the bassinet accessory is in the in-use configuration, and 2) is spaced a second distance closer than the first distance to the distal closed end when the bassinet accessory is in the disassembled, folded up, storage configuration.

7. A child containment device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two elongate stiffeners has two end segments irremovably coupled to the bottom panel and a central segment irremovably coupled to the bottom panel, and wherein the two end segments of each of the at least two elongate stiffeners are removably coupled to opposite ends of the respective central segment in an in-use arrangement and are decoupled from the opposite ends of the respective central segment when the bassinet accessory is in the disassembled, folded up, storage configuration.

8. A child containment device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the end segments has a portion received in a fabric tunnel connected to the bottom panel.

9. A child containment device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory further comprises an access hole disposed between the at least two elongated stiffeners and providing a passageway through the bottom panel.

10. A child containment device comprising:
a playard;
a bassinet accessory supported on the playard and comprising:
at least two side walls;
at least two end walls; and
a bottom panel irremovably coupled to the side walls and end walls and comprising:
a first elongate stiffener irremovably attached to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory and disposed laterally inward from the two side walls; and
a second elongate stiffener irremovably attached to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory and disposed laterally inward from the two side walls,
wherein the first and second elongate stiffeners are arranged spaced apart from one another along a top surface of the bottom panel;

a mattress removably positioned above the bottom panel within the bassinet accessory the mattress having a length and a width that is less than the length and comprising a top side, an opposing underside, and a perimeter comprising two elongated side edges disposed along the length of the mattress and two end edges disposed along the width of the mattress;
wherein the playard and bassinet accessory are configured to be adjusted together from an assembled, in-use configuration to a disassembled, folded up, storage configuration at the same time with the bassinet accessory still coupled to the playard and the first and second elongate stiffeners irremovably coupled to the bottom panel of the bassinet.

11. A child containment device according to claim 10 , wherein the bassinet accessory further comprises a first fabric tunnel and a second fabric tunnel disposed along and affixed to the top surface of the bottom panel and wherein the first elongate stiffener has a portion received in and irremovably coupled to the first fabric tunnel and the second elongate stiffener has a second portion received in and irremovably coupled to the second fabric tunnel.

12. A child containment device according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first and second elongate stiffeners has opposed free ends received in and fastened to a different corresponding fabric tunnel affixed to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory.

13. A child containment device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second elongate stiffeners has two stiffener segments that are removably coupled to one another and extend lengthwise along the mattress in an in-use arrangement and that can be decoupled from one another.

14. A child containment device according to claim 10 , wherein the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory further comprises an access hole disposed between the first elongated stiffener and the second elongated stiffener and providing a passageway through the bottom panel.

15. A child containment device comprising:
a playard;
a bassinet accessory connected to the playard, the bassinet accessory comprising:
a bottom panel:
a mattress support structure irremovably coupled to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory, the mattress support structure comprising at least two elongate stiffeners irremovably attached to the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory; and
wherein the bottom panel comprises an access hole disposed between a first elongated stiffener and a second elongated stiffener of the at least two elongated stiffeners and providing a passageway through the bottom panel; and

a mattress having a top side defining a sleeping surface and removably positioned over the bottom panel of the bassinet accessory and the mattress support structure;
wherein the playard and bassinet accessory are configured to be adjusted together from an assembled, in-use configuration to a disassembled, folded up, storage configuration at the same time with the bassinet accessory still coupled to the playard and mattress support structure irremovably coupled to the bottom panel of the bassinet, and
wherein, whe

Assignees

• Graco Childrens Products Inc

Inventors

• Burkholder Brandon
• Rivera Matthew
• Stella Annette

Classifications

• A47D9/016

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

• A47D9/005 Primary

  foldable · CPC title

• A47D13/063

  with soft walls · CPC title

• A47D13/061 Primary

  foldable · CPC title

• A47D7/002

  foldable · CPC title