CRIB

A portable baby holding device is provided which may take the form of a combination baby carriage, stroller, infant seat, car seat, car bed, bassinet, high chair and the like and comprises baby carrier means and baby shielding or protective means movably connected to said carrier means, for protecting...     

An infant's crib including means for occupying a child therein is disclosed. Specifically, the crib includes a pair of end members and a pair of side members, and at least one of the end members is composed of a reflective, preferably non-breakable, material. In another embodiment, such a reflective...     

A lightweight portable inflatable structure in the form of a baby's crib has a base portion and upstanding side walls integrally formed thereabout in communication therewith. Interconnecting webs formed by heat sealing the air impervious sheet material from which the inflatable structure is formed assist...     

A generally horizontal, rectangular panel has end and side panels depending therefrom which are adjoined along respective vertical edges to form a shallow box-like structure which closely receives the top of a crib or similar enclosure. Attachment means are provided at each corner of the box-like structure...     

A cap adapted for use with an elongated rail having a pair of opposed lateral surfaces includes a support member having laterally opposed walls which extend along the lateral surface of the rail. A resiliently compressible material is disposed over the support member and held in place by a cover. Opposed...     

Inflatable infant crib and carrier apparatus is disclosed which includes separate inflatable compartments secured together with straps for appropriately carrying the apparatus.

A collapsible stand supports a collapsible bed by coupling mechanisms which permit the bed to be quickly erected and stowed for ease in movement from place to place. Each coupling mechanism includes a hub and radially extending members which are easily assembled to, the hub and foldable to positions...     

A hospital bed or mattress for neonatal infants with a respiration monitor and alarm to detect apnea. No sensor or other appliance is attached to the infant. The bed comprises a base or frame structure with a soft resilient membranous top or cover, e.g., of sheet rubber. The closed air space below the...     

A safety device for a crib which provides an indicating light or alarm to alert a person to the fact that the crib gate is in a down position, to prevent the leaving of a child in a crib with the gate down and to insure that the crib gate is up and locked whenever the supervising person leaves the area...     

A collapsible, foldable travel crib is disclosed. The illustrated and preferred embodiment is comprised of a single sheet of stiff board which is folded and perforated in a manner to be described to assemble into an open top, generally rectangular crib. It incorporates a set of edge stiffeners having...     

A water bed crib comprising a water bed structure including a flat horizontal rectangular platform with an upwardly projecting weir about its perimeter, a water filled flexible mattress bladder supported atop the platform within the confines of the weir, platform legs at and depending from the four corner...     

The play pen of the invention has a body including a peripheric frame formed of parallel side-members and extending between corner posts (4), each side-member including a rigid core which is covered by a flexible plastic tube extending beyond the core ends and fixed (at 9) to posts (4) in order to ensure...     

The invention relates to a support for child having an articulated framework, a bottom supported by this framework and a body element forming at least partial connection between the bottom and the framework. The framework has parallel longitudinal elements and hoop elements articulated on the longitudinal...     

An adjustable-sized, readily assembled and readily disassembled baby crib made up of a series of plastic tube sections and plastic tube fittings. An invertible bottom portion is useful per se as a small short crib and, when inverted, is useful as a base portion of a taller playpen type of crib. This...     

A baby bed includes front and rear frames (2, 3), a hammock (4) suspended from the front and rear frames (2, 3), front and rear legs (5, 6), and base blocks (7, 8) adapted to rotatably support the front and rear frames (2, 3) and the front and rear legs (5, 6). Brackets (13, 15) are rotatably attached...     

A patient enclosure treatment center includes an outer room and an inner enclosure. The outer room is formed of a floor, a plurality of walls and a ceiling and is environmentally pleasant. The inner enclosure, positioned on the outer room floor, is free of furniture. The top of the inner enclosure is...     

A baby carriage bed has a bottom wall (2), a front wall (3), a back wall (4), a left-hand side wall (5), and a right-hand side wall (6) forming a box. The front portions (2a, 5a, 6a) of the bottom wall (2) and of the left-hand side and right-hand side walls (5, 6) are interconnected but separate from...     

A mattress support for a crib having a frame defining a space comprises four vertical brackets connected to four posts of the crib frame. Each bracket has a plurality of vertically spaced open ended slots with open mouths of each slot facing toward a centerline of the crib. A pair of beams which each...     

Disclosed herein is a playpen sun cover designed to fit over an existing playpen and have adjustability both to accommodate to different sized playpens and also to enable the adjustment of the angle of pitch of the sides of the roof thereof. The device includes coupling devices which enable it to be...     

A crib is provided including a drop side, a spring hanger, and stabilizing bars, all of which are mounted to common sets of tracks. The tracks are secured to the corner posts of the crib. The drop side includes an actuating mechanism including catch bars which are positioned within a groove in the upper...     

A novel, safer crib structure is provided herein. This invention provides a crib in which the mattress can be selectively supported at two different heights with respect to the sides of the crib. In one embodiment, the mattress support is a sheet of plywood securely held in a groove in each of the facing...     

A convertible crib which has a frame with four upright corner posts, includes a leg for each corner post which is vertically movable for adjusting the height of the frame. Each corner post has a plurality of guide elements which are received in a guide channel provided in each of the legs. Bolts extend...     

A portable utility tray formed from a resilient thermoplastic material, such as polyethylene. The tray is provided with one or more continuous upward protrusions, of generally inverted V-shape, with one of the protrusions defining a raised rib running centrally and longitudinally of the tray. The top...     

A childs' crib having a drop side, with a latch therefor requiring a double motion, up and inwardly toward the center of the crib, to release it for gravity drop of the drop side from its uppermost, latched position.

A tilt mechanism is disclosed for adjusting the angle of rest of an infant contained within an infant incubator. The tilt mechanism comprises at least one bent rod that underlies the bed on which the infant is positioned. By rotating the bent rod, an offset shaped portion of the rod elevates one end...     

A crib assembly (10) includes a bedstead (12), spring frame (20), and hanger support bracket (30). The hanger support bracket (30) is fixedly secured to the end post (14) of the bedstead (12). The hanger support bracket (30) includes a base portion (32) and a plurality of hooks (34) extending from the...     

A collapsible infant's crib is provided with hinged sides which fold inwardly. The side hinges are constructed to be slightly non-linear when in the open position, to provide an inward bias which prevents undue flexing of the joint when the crib is in use. The crib is held in open position by a tightly...     

Described briefly, according to a typical embodiment of the invention, a floor-mounted stationary base frame supports two traveling frames. One of the traveling frames comprises the mattress support frame. The other comprises the side and end walls of a single enclosure surrounding the mattress. Scissors...     

A pad for protecting an infant is provided with a panel having opposite sides that are spaced to provide a flat support surface large enough for receiving the infant, such as a sleeping or supine infant, to enable changing of the clothes worn by the infant, for example. The panel has a continuous edge...     

There is disclosed a folding bed or diaper changing platform for an infant which has a pair of cross frame members pivotally interconnected to move between folded and unfolded positions. Each cross member and distally supports a longitudinal foot that extends to the corresponding, opposite frame member....     

A fancifully-shaped crib bumper having stuffed legs serving in the traditional role of a crib bumper, as well as stuffed arms that provide added protection higher up on the side of a crib. The tubular arms and legs of the novel crib bumper are stuffed by using rolled fiberfill batting, which is placed...     

A hanger assembly for supporting a spring from a crib having a plurality of closed loop brackets mounted on each corner post of the crib and a Z-shaped hanger mounted at each corner of the spring frame. One end of the hanger extends outwardly from the spring frame so as to mate with the associated bracket....     

Foldable playyard comprising upper and lower frame assemblies. The lower frame assembly comprises a unitary central hub member, corner leg connecting members preferably in the form of support feet, and hub legs diverging radially outwardly from the hub member. The upper frame assembly includes corner...     

A convertible bed for infants and small children wherein the crib transforms from a crib configuration for small infants to a bed that prevents toddlers from inadvertently climbing out of the bed and later to a small child's bed, wherein the child can freely enter and leave the bed at will, thus prolonging...     

This mattress hanger assembly provides an adjusting assembly for raising and lowering a mattress support. The assembly includes a bracket having a plurality of openings each representing a different position to which the support can be raised or lowered. A hanger carried by the support is received in...     

A dropside crib comprising a rear wall, two end panels, a dropside, a stabilizer bar, and a mattress support, all quickly and easily assembled without any tool needed. Special dropside guides and a double action device are built in and operate the dropside according to regulations. The guides not only...     

Toy crib apparatus which includes a crib housing having at least one hollow rail member supporting a sliding toy member and one hollow wall member. A drive mechanism housed by the hollow wall member is connected to a flexible rod member that extends in a path from the hollow wall member along the hollow...     

A crib structure for a child includes a support surface for the child. A plurality of side walls are operatively connected to the support surface. At least one of the side walls includes a door opening and at least one door. The door is laterally slidable substantially in the direction to and from an...     

A toy bed transformer including a mattress and various inflatable toy accessories having shapes, such as, an airplane nose, an airplane wing, a cockpit, a rocket, a missile, a tire, a propeller, and a jet engine. The mattress and the inflatable toy accessories have attaching bands thereon and can be...     

The risk of disturbance from children's cries is reduced if the child is subjected to mechanical vibration. This is applied to the child's place of rest by the use of a motor with imbalance. The environmental inconvenience caused by the children's cry is eliminated usually by a vibration frequency which...     

A dropside crib comprising a rear wall, two end panels, a dropside, a stabilizer bar, and a mattress support, all quickly and easily assembled without any tool needed. Special dropside guides and a double action device are built in and operate the dropside according to regulations. The mattress support...     

A bedstead such as a child's crib having a headboard provided with a plurality of openings into which interchangeable inserts fit which and are securely. The interchange of selected inserts provide a variety of educational information and amusements to the child.

A convertible audio-visual display center adapted to reproduce visual images on a video display unit such as a television and audio reproductions of sound or music for the entertainment and/or education of infants in their cribs. The same device is readily convertible to usage as a work station for a...     

An orthopedic cradle for aiding in the prevention of hip articulation disorders in infants, comprises, bottom, foot, head and side walls, a post secured at its lower end to the bottom wall at an intermediate location on its central longitudinal axis, and a transverse bar joined at its mid-portion to...     

An invalid bed includes a monolithic, one-piece base unit that has a support section and a rail section that extends above that support section for a height that is sufficient to prevent an adult patient to climb over the rails yet is low enough so the bed is stable. A door is hingeably attached to the...     

A portable bassinet made of cardboard which has outer, canopy-housing and an inner box or bassinet-proper for selected insertions into the outer box. One of the four side walls of the inner box is connected to the rest of the inner box only along its lower horizontal edge surface, with the rest of this...     

An improved infant crib includes a top frame, and a base panel. The crib side walls each comprise a pair of hinged side panels which are hinged to each other, to the base panel, and to the top frame so as to collapse inwardly drawing the base and top frame together. The crib includes two end panels which...     

A crib apparatus is arranged wherein the crib includes a crib rear wall, a forward crib wall, a headboard wall, and a foot board wall orthogonally mounted relative to a top floor, wherein the top floor is spaced from a bottom floor defining a mattress cavity therebetween, wherein the mattress cavity...     

A crib dropside is provided which includes a double-acting latch mechanism for releasing the dropside from a locked position. The dropside includes an upper rail having a groove extending within the front surface thereof. The grove extends for the entire length of the rail. A pair of spring-loaded locking...     

A crib structure sized to support an infant therein in a prone position and specifically structured to include a first and a second crib side normally disposed in spaced apart parallel relation to one another when the assembly is in a crib configuration but detachable from end portions of the crib and...     

A cover of screen or mesh for preventing domestic animals, such as cats, from entering a crib. The cover can be utilized while a child is in the crib, if the child is not able to pull itself up to a standing position, to prevent an animal from joining the child in the crib and can be utilized when the...     

A crib includes four vertical corner posts; side support beams and end panels which interconnect the vertical corner posts in a rectangular configuration; support shoulders for supporting a mattress between the vertical corner posts; a drop side movable in a vertical direction between opposite pairs...     

A bumper pad for receipt inside an infant crib and attachment to vertical slats and vertical corner posts of the crib and around the interior perimeter of the crib. The bumper pad designed to protect babies, infants and small children when using the crib. The bumper pad includes an elongated interior...     

An inflatable crib includes a plurality of inflatable vertical support columns and a plurality of inflatable sidewall panels, each of the sidewall panels laterally connecting an adjacent pair of the support columns. Optionally, the crib additionally includes an inflatable bottom panel disposed adjacent...     

An inflatable crib permits the safe, comfortable transport of an infant, while the crib is inflated, and requires minimal storage space when deflated. Carrying straps provide load bearing support to the cradle base on which a child is carried. An inflatable mattress adds to the child's comfort. A protective...     

A lock bracket assembly for securing a mattress support member of a crib to a headboard of the crib, includes an elongated bracket having a plurality of slots therein secured to the headboard, each slot having an enlarged mouth portion and a lower base portion in open communication with the enlarged...     

A bumper pad (3) for a crib (4) having vertical support posts (10) and a mattress (20) includes flexible padding (26) extending around the interior boundary of the crib to form a cushioned bumper along the periphery of the mattress and a plastic canvas stiffener (32) extending from the underside of the...     

An end frame assembly includes an outer frame, a lower support attached to the outer frame, and a plurality of spindles attached between the outer frame and the lower support. Heat deformable connectors are disposed between the outer frame and the lower support subsequent to painting the outer frame,...     

Disclosed is a foldable baby playyard having improved bottom foldable hub member and foldable rail joint connecting members. The improved structure of the foldable hub member and the foldable rail joint connecting members enable the playyard to be conveniently and quickly collapsed and folded to occupy...     

A method is provided for connecting a spindle to a tube. The method includes the step of punching a hole in an exterior wall of a tube to create a perimeter edge bordering the tube. The perimeter has a first pre-determined shape. The method further includes the step of press-fitting an end portion of...     

Playpen and crib construction which utilizes a high modulus fiber-reinforced plastic matrix tubing in the frame, said tubing being made of lightweight, high modulus fiber-reinforced plastic matrix composite tubing having a weight of 0.25 pounds or less per lineal foot, a tubing diameter of 0.2 to 1.2...     

A crib comprising a blow molded headboard panel vertically positioned and constituting the head end of the crib. A blow molded footboard panel is vertically positioned and constitutes the foot end of the crib with the footboard being essentially parallel with the headboard and with a space therebetween....     

A self-retaining bumper pad for a bed is fabricated from elongated body of a soft, flexible material and includes a retention portion which fits between a side wall of the bed and an edge of the mattress and functions to hold the bumper pad in place. The pad further includes a shield portion which projects...     

A bassinet and playyard combination comprising a playyard and a bassinet, the playyard having a lower frame member and an upper frame member defining an opening therebetween. Vertically extending rails between the upper and lower frame members with corner pieces join the corners of the upper frame member...     

An adapter for suspending an air permeable sleeping surface from the top rails of a baby crib. The adapter has hooks engaging the rails, which hooks support a rectangular, permimetric frame. A flexible mesh fabric sleeping surface is removably attached to the frame. The hooks hold the sleeping surface...     

A collapsible playyard for an infant includes a frame subassembly including at least two frame members which are joined together in substantially perpendicular relation. Each of the frame members includes two frame member sections which are joined by a knuckle joint which only permits pivoting between...     

A device for blowing small volumes of air across a mattress in a crib to prevent the accumulation of undesirable gases includes a pump, blower or fan, an elongated conduit connected to the pump, blower or fan and positioned adjacent the top surface of the mattress. The conduit has a plurality of longitudinally...     

A portable crib for a sofa including a front section comprised of an inner gate and an outer gate. The inner gate is slidably received within the outer gate. The device includes a pair of side sections. Each of the side sections is comprised of an inner gate and an outer gate. The inner gate is slidably...     

A structure for attachment to an infant crib for supporting objects to be viewed by an infant in the crib. The structure includes a rectangular crystal-clear flexible sheet sized to fit over a portion of the infant crib. The four edges of the sheet are each folded over and sewn to the sheet to form an...     

A foldable playyard that can stay in an erected state at all times regardless how the playyard is positioned comprises a hub which has a locking member. The playyard comprises a lower frame assembly, an upper frame assembly and corner legs. The lower frame assembly comprises a hub and a plurality of...     

A collapsible playyard for an infant includes a pair of frame subassemblies and a plurality of collapsible connecting members which normally maintain the frame subassemblies in spaced substantially parallel relation. The frame subassemblies include knuckle joints which cooperate to maintain the frame...     

Playpen and crib construction which utilizes in the frame a high modulus fiber-reinforced plastic matrix solid composite sections.

An audiometric crib for infants includes a housing having a floor and walls upstanding from the floor, and a door connected to the housing and adapted to move between an open position for moving an infant into and out of the housing and a closed position for isolating the infant from ambient noise and...     

A crib liner for lining a baby crib including a flexible base member for being located beneath a mattress of the crib, and a side guard attached to the periphery of the base member for lining the side walls of the crib so as to keep a baby's arms and legs inside the crib while the baby is lying down...     

A motion controlled cradle including a rocking assembly adapted to rock the cradle upon the receipt of an activation signal. Further provided is an motion sensor adapted to transmit a motion signal upon the detection of motion of the small child within the cradle. Next provided is a mechanism for transmitting...     

A crib for newborns and infants is easily placed in close proximity to the parents' bed without being physically attached thereto. An otherwise conventional crib mattress is retained in a bassinet or similar structure. The bassinet is supported in a frame that partially slides under the parents' bed,...     

A play yard having a collapsible top assembly and a collapsible bottom assembly, each assembly connected to at least three spaced vertical posts. The bottom assembly includes a collapsible subassembly. Pairs of post connecting members pivotally connect each vertical post to the subassembly forming truss...     

A first playpen enclosure that converts easily to a bassinet, a changing table or a bed-side crib (hereinafter referred to as a "co-sleeper") that attaches securely to the parents' bed. A described second enclosure support system maintains a padded enclosure and rigid floor panel at a predetermined level...     

The present invention relates to an infant hammock comprising a substantially rectangular mesh type panel having a substantially rectangular frame member integral with the panel's peripheral edges. Perpendicularly extending from each corner of the frame member is a support leg for contacting the upper...     

A playyard system includes a playyard structure and a canopy. The playyard structure is partially covered by the canopy which channels heat outward to provide improve shading and ventilation. Sides of the playyard structure have mesh panels with removable covers to further control shading and ventilation....     

A multi-sided play yard having a collapsible top assembly and a collapsible bottom assembly, each assembly connected to at least three spaced vertical posts. The bottom assembly includes a collapsible assembly with collapsible legs. The collapsible legs each include leg portions pivotally connected to...     

A crib selectively serving as a baby bed and also as a playpen includes a bed floor member and respective panels enclosing the periphery of the bed floor member (13). At least one panel (12) is height-controllably supported by a base support (20) that also supports the bed floor member. In case of using...     

A pivotal device for a playpen includes a connecting member which pivotally connects two siderails of the playpen. Each of the siderails has a spring received therein which has a protrusion extending through the siderail and the connecting member and a pushing end being accessed via a hole of the connecting...     

The present invention relates to a foldable playpen which comprises a main frame constructed of top articulated bars and upright bars, which is provided with a covering to form an enclosure so that a baby can be left to play therewithin. The primary feature of the present invention resides in that the...     

A railing guard is provided for alleviating previous deficiencies with crib protectants. The crib railing guard disclosed protects infants from injury and discomfort resulting from impact against and contact with side railing on baby cribs. Furthermore, the crib railing guard provides a self-supportive,...     

A supporting structure for play yard includes a top frame, a bottom frame and at least three support posts mounted between the top frame and the bottom frame to define an interior cavity. Each of the support posts includes a frame post having an adjustment base axially affixed to a bottom end of the...     

A crib to be positioned in the corner of a room and which has a crib canopy appearing to be freely floating in the room corner above the crib. The crib includes a storage area with shelves and drawers for maintaining baby necessities close at hand, as well as a receptacle for including a cassette player...     

A coupling assembly to removably join a bassinet to a playyard including two rectangular playyard blocks locatable on interior faces of each upper corner bracket of a playyard and spaced from the apex thereof and with vertically extending undercut regions on the edge of each playyard block facing the...     

A playyard system adapted to be used in a conventional fixed mode or as a rocker including a playyard in a generally rectilinear configuration.

A collapsible baby bed includes a fabric cover which covers a collapsible tubular frame. The frame may include a plurality of links which are coupled by a resilient cord such that when in use, the bed may take a conventional crib or playpen shape and when the links are decoupled, the bed may be folded...     

A playpen includes a looped upper frame disposed above and spaced apart from a looped lower frame in a vertical direction. A plurality of vertical posts bridge the upper and lower frames. A cot has a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that is connected to a periphery of the bottom wall and that extends...     

A modular playpen for infants and young children comprising five basic parts including a plurality of substantially rectangular side panels; a plurality of vertical uprights slidably affixed to each end of a side panel via a longitudinal groove running the length of each vertical upright, thereby forming...     

A bedside crib (hereinafter "co-sleeper") that attaches to the parental bed that may be easily converted for use as a child's easel, couch, bassinet or toy display/storage device. The co-sleeper provides a rigid enclosure formed of a pair of sides, front and rear leg portions, a removable back, a mattress...     

A combination playyard and canopy assembly is provided. The playyard includes a top frame having first and second side rails and first and second end rails that define an opening. The canopy includes a mounting clip, frame members, and a cover. The frame members are pivotably coupled to the mounting...     

A playyard system having an upper rail assembly with two parallel upper long side rails and two parallel upper short end rails. Each of the upper rails has a hinge with horizontal pivot pins adjacent to the midpoint thereof. The upper rail assembly also includes four upper corner brackets with hinges...     

A method of converting a canopy crib to a standard crib, particularly useful for cribs made of wood. A canopy assembly is removably connected on top of a crib assembly. The canopy assembly has a number of canopy legs that removably fit over and cover respective supports on the crib assembly. The canopy...     

A retrofitting system designed to convert an adult-size bed into an infant/toddler bed is disclosed. The retrofitting system comprises first a template is being placed on a twin, full, queen, king-or larger size bed with an underside of the template fitted to an underside of a mattress. The system further...     

A child's bed mat provides a comfortable sleeping surface which includes vibration devices for soothing a child to sleep. A vertical portion of the mat is strapped in an upright attitude to the vertical rungs of a crib, for instance, and enables the placement of a control box out of reach of the child....     

A playpen includes a looped upper frame disposed above and spaced apart from a looped lower frame in a vertical direction. A plurality of vertical post units bridge the upper and lower frames. A cot has a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that is connected to a periphery of the bottom wall and that...     

A collapsible baby bed includes a fabric cover which covers a collapsible tubular frame. The frame may include a plurality of links which are coupled by a resilient cord such that when in use, the bed may take a conventional crib or playpen shape and when the links are decoupled, the bed may be folded...