Patent ID: 7712163
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A47C,A47D

Abstract:
1. A portable child bed comprising: a) a frame collapsible from an open configuration to a closed configuration and expandable from said closed configuration to said open configuration, with said frame comprising: b) flexible bedding engaged to each of the upper hubs and capable of receiving and supporting a small child lying down when said frame is in the open configuration, with said flexible bedding folding closed when the frame is collapsed from said open configuration to said closed configuration, and with said flexible bedding folding open when the frame is expanded from said closed configuration to said open configuration; c) wherein said flexible bedding comprises sheeting extending from the first side of the frame to the second side of the frame and from the third side of the frame to the fourth side of the frame, and wherein said flexible bedding further comprises flexible strapping engaged to said sheeting and running underneath said sheeting, with said flexible strapping running to and between two upper hubs; d) wherein said strapping extends obliquely from the third side of the frame to the fourth side of the frame and engages other flexible strapping that also extends obliquely from the third side of the frame to the fourth side of the frame; e) wherein flexible strapping is spaced from each of the first and second sides of the frame and extends generally perpendicularly from the third side of the frame to the fourth side of the frame, wherein other flexible strapping extends along the third side of the frame, wherein still other flexible strapping extends along the fourth side of the frame, and with said flexible strapping that is spaced from the first and second sides of the frame engaging at hubs the flexible strapping that extends along the third and fourth sides of the frame; f) wherein flexible strapping extends along the first side of the frame, wherein other flexible strapping extends along the third side of the frame, and with said flexible strapping engaging each other at one of the upper hubs; g) wherein said strapping radiates in five directions from one of the hubs on said third side of the frame, with said strapping radiating parallel to said third side of the frame, perpendicular to said third side of the frame, and obliquely from said third side of the frame; and h) wherein said strapping radiates in five directions from one of the hubs on said fourth side of the frame, with said strapping radiating parallel to said fourth side of the frame, perpendicular to said fourth side of the frame, and obliquely from said fourth side of the frame.