Patent ID: 8607379
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A47C,A47D

Abstract:
1. Knockdown furniture for an infant, said furniture being transformable from a fully erect condition, to an intermediate folded condition and then to a fully folded condition, comprising: a frame body that forms an accommodating space in which an infant is accommodated and that is placed on an installation surface, wherein the frame body includes a plurality of frame members, and a bottom plate arranged below the frame body in said fully erect condition, the plurality of frame members can be folded into a flat shape along the bottom plate in at least said fully folded condition, the bottom plate and the plurality of frame members folded into a flat shape along the bottom plate can be mutually and integrally folded, the plurality of frame members constituting the frame body include, in said fully erect condition, a plurality of vertical frames, an upper lateral frame arranged on upper portions of the plurality of vertical frames, and a lower lateral frame arranged on lower portions of the plurality of vertical frames, the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate are arranged substantially in parallel to each other in said fully erect condition, each of the plurality of vertical frames includes, in said fully erect condition, an upper main tube and a lower main tube arranged on a lower portion of the upper main tube, the vertical frame includes a first folding unit that is arranged between the upper main tube and the lower main tube that arranges the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate at positions close to each other while maintaining the upper lateral frame in a flat shape and maintaining the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate in parallel to each other by making it possible to fold the vertical frame into said fully folded condition, second folding units are provided at positions substantially corresponding to the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate, thereby making it possible to fold the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate substantially in the same direction when going from said erect condition to said folded condition, the upper lateral frame includes, in said fully erect condition, a left side frame portion, a right side frame portion and a central frame portion, arranged between and rotatably coupled to each of the left side frame portion and the right side frame portion, thereby constituting one of the second folding units, said right side frame portion and said left side frame portion being substantially equal in length, the upper lateral frame has a connecting portion at which the vertical frame is connected to the upper lateral frame, the vertical frame can be folded by the first folding unit so that the folded vertical frame and the connecting portion of the upper lateral frame can be parallel to each other in said intermediate folded conditions and said fully folded conditions, and the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate can be folded by the second folding units while maintaining the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame and, the bottom plate in parallel to each other so that (i) the central frame portion of the upper lateral frame can be parallel to the installation surface, and (ii) the upper main tube, the lower main tube, the left side frame portion, and the right side frame portion can be parallel to each other and orthogonal to the installation surface, in said fully folded condition.