Patent ID: 6687928
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A47D,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable child's bed comprising:a first sidewall, said first sidewall having a plurality of storage pockets; a second sidewall depending from said first sidewall, said second sidewall foldable alone a first vertical seam; a third sidewall, said third sidewall depending from said second sidewall and opposite to said first sidewall, said third sidewall having a plurality of storage pockets; a fourth sidewall depending from said third sidewall and depending to said first sidewall, said fourth sidewall opposite to said second sidewall, said fourth sidewall foldable along a second vertical seam; a planar bottom surface perpendicularly depending from said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls, respectively, thereby forming a sleeping volume; said planar bottom surface having a foldable top layer;a removable canopy affixed at said second sidewall, and affixed alone a portion of said first and third sidewalls, thereby forming an arcuate head covering for an infant; a first frame member and a second frame member, said second frame member coupled to said first frame member about a pair of rotatable joints oppositely disposed, wherein said first frame member and said second frame member comprise an upper horizontal rail, said upper horizontal rail terminating at a first end and a second end opposite to said first end, each of said upper first end and said upper second end coupled to a downwardly projected strut housing; and a lower horizontal rail opposite to said upper horizontal rail, said lower horizontal rail terminating at a first end and a second end opposite to said first end, each of said lower first end and said lower second end coupled to an upwardly projected telescoping strut; a said first rotatable joint providing fluid communication between said strut housing and said telescoping strut at said upper and lower first ends; and a said second rotatable joint providing fluid communication between said strut housing and said telescoping strut at said upper and lower second ends; wherein said first rotatable joint and said second rotatable joint comprise a disc-shaped platform, said disc-shaped platform comprising an anterior surface and a posterior surface, said anterior surface comprising a rounded shoulder, said rounded shoulder circumscribing a circumference of said anterior surface; a rotatable platform said rotatable platform housed within a recess of said rounded shoulder; an anterior sleeve affixed to said rotatable platform, said anterior sleeve providing fluid communication between said strut housing and said telescoping strut; a first dog affixed to said anterior surface; and a second dog affixed to said anterior surface, said second dog positioned 180Â° apart from said first dog; said first dog and said second dog providing 180Â° of rotation for said rotatable platform.