Patent ID: 8566979
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. An infant crib having top and bottom sides, rear and front sides and a sleep surface support deck connected between respective corner posts creating a bed space therebetween, the improvement comprising: said front side extending between two of said corner posts and segregated into lower and upper sections, said lower section including a lower rail and an upper rail extending between and connected to said corner posts with spindles spanning the vertical distance between the lower and upper rails, said spindles being laterally arrayed along the rails at uniformly spaced apart positions, said upper section including a plurality of doors extending across the space between the corner posts, each of said plurality of doors having along its edge closer to the nearest corner post an elongate cylindrical hinge for mounting to said corner post and being operable to open outward from and provide access to the bed space of said crib; said plurality of doors including latching means for securing the plurality of doors in a closed straight-line arrangement creating a substantially rigid upper front wall section of said infant crib.