Patent ID: 6877173
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose convertible play yard convertibly adapted for use as a bassinet, changing table or bedside co-sleeper comprising: a rigid first enclosure having an open top, a floor, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; said first enclosure being of a first predetermined height; means for reversibly lowering the height of at least a portion of the front wall, from a first position at the top to a second position below the top, while maintaining structural rigidity of the play yard; a second enclosure, said second enclosure being sized to fit substantially within the first enclosure and having an open top, a back wall, a front wall, first and second side walls and a bottom; means for removably supporting said second enclosure within the first enclosure at at least one predetermined distance from the top of the first enclosure; and a securing strap assembly for securing the play yard to a parental bed; whereby, when the front wall is in the raised first position and the second enclosure is supported by the supporting means, the play yard is usable as a bassinet; and wherein, when the front wall is then lowered to the second position, the play yard is usable as a changing table; and further, when the securing strap assembly is properly positioned and the play yard is secured to the parental bed the play yard may serve as a co-sleeper; the multi-purpose convertible play yard further comprising: a rigid frame, said rigid frame supporting the floor, the front wall, the back wall, the first side wall and the second side wall of said first enclosure; said frame being formed adjacent the top by front and rear upper parallel horizontal rails orthogonally connected to first and second upper side horizontal rails, and being formed adjacent the floor by front and rear lower parallel horizontal rails orthogonally connected to first side and second side lower parallel horizontal rails, said upper and lower horizontal rails being orthogonally connected by a pair of front vertical rails and a pair of rear vertical rails disposed at ends of said horizontal rails; said front vertical rails having an upper end, a lower end and being formed of tubing having a first inner diameter; each said front vertical rails having a vertically oriented slit penetrating said tubing, each of said slits facing inwardly toward the other and extending downwardly from the upper ends of said rails for a first predetermined distance; a pair of adjusting members, each of said adjusting members being formed of a section of tubing, said tubing having an upper end and a lower end and being sized to fit slidably within the first inner diameter of said front vertical rails; each of said adjusting members having a control tab fitted at the upper end of the section of tubing, said control tab being sized and shaped to fit slidably within one of said vertically oriented slits; said front upper horizontal rail having first and second ends and being connected to the control tabs of said adjusting members at said first and second ends such that the control tabs slide upwardly and downwardly within the vertically oriented slits of the front vertical rails between a first upper position and a second lowered position while maintaining the structural rigidity of said frame; means for securing said adjusting members at either of said first upper position and said second lowered position; said front wall being formed of flexible material and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge; said front wall being attached at its top edge to said front upper horizontal rail, at its bottom edge to said front lower horizontal rail, and at its first and second side edges to said front vertical rails; said front wall having a pair of vertical openings adjacent the first and second side edges and extending downwardly from said top edge along the vertically oriented slits of said front vertical rails for the first predetermined distance; and means for reversibly closing said vertical openings in said front wall.