Patent ID: 8079104
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A47D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A changing station for supporting a small person, the changing station comprising: a platform that is rotatable from a vertical storage position to a horizontal use position along a rotational axis, the platform comprising a top portion and a bottom portion; a support structure having a rotatable support member that is rotatable along the rotational axis, and two extending members extending out at an angle from the support member and encapsulated between the top and bottom portions of the platform, the rotatable support member comprising an elongate tube and the rotational axis being a central longitudinal axis of the elongate tube; a mounting structure for mounting the support structure to a vertical surface, the mounting structure comprising a pair of spaced apart mounting brackets and a central bracket, wherein the central bracket is spaced from the rotatable support member and extends between the mounting brackets; a pair of open/close stops mounted to the mounting structure; and a pair of hinge stops mounted to the rotatable support member at a location spaced inwardly between the two extending members, each hinge stop having at least one surface extending away from the elongate tube in a radially outward direction such that the at least one surface of each hinge stop engages a respective one of the pair of open/close stops for controlling the rotation of the rotatable support member at least when the platform is in the horizontal use position.