Patent ID: 7950083
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A47C,A47D

Abstract:
1. A portable child bed comprising: a) a frame collapsible from an open configuration to a closed configuration and expandable from said closed configuration to said open configuration, with said frame comprising: b) flexible bedding engaged to each of the upper hubs and capable of receiving and supporting a small child lying down when said frame is in the open configuration, with said flexible bedding folding closed when the frame is collapsed from said open configuration to said closed configuration, and with said flexible bedding folding open when the frame is expanded from said closed configuration to said open configuration; c) wherein said flexible bedding comprises sheeting extending from the first side of the frame to the second side of the frame and from the third side of the frame to the fourth side of the frame, and wherein said flexible bedding further comprises a flexible strapping arrangement engaged by stitching to said sheeting and running underneath said sheeting, with said flexible strapping arrangement running between at least two upper hubs; d) wherein said flexible strapping arrangement comprises a first flexible strap extending obliquely from an upper hub on the third side of the frame to an upper hub on the fourth side of the frame and engages a second flexible strap that also extends obliquely from an upper hub on the third side of the frame to an upper hub on the fourth side of the frame; e) wherein said flexible strapping arrangement comprises a third flexible strap extending along the third side of the frame from an upper hub to an upper hub and a fourth flexible strap extending along the fourth side of the frame from an upper hub to an upper hub; f) wherein said flexible strapping arrangement comprises a fifth flexible strap extending along the first side of the frame from an upper hub to an upper hub and a sixth flexible strap extending along the second side of the frame from an upper hub to an upper hub, with said fifth flexible strap that extends along the first side of the frame engaging said third and fourth flexible straps at upper hubs, and with said sixth flexible strap that extends along the second side of the frame engaging said third and fourth flexible straps at upper hubs; and g) with each of said upper half-sections of said additional interlocking legs having a depression formed therein to make space above said upper half-sections of said additional interlocking legs for said flexible bedding to depend freely under a weight of a child from said upper hubs without making contact with said upper half-sections of said additional interlocking legs, with each of said upper half-sections of said additional interlocking legs including a first rectilinear portion and a second rectilinear portion, and with each of said upper half-sections of said additional interlocking legs forming a U-shape and forming said depression.