Patent ID: 7412737
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: A47C,A47D

Abstract:
1. A sleeping surface assembly for an infant, the assembly capable of being adjusted through a range of inclination angles, the sleeping surface assembly comprising: (a) a base frame, the base frame being generally planar in configuration and serving as a support for the balance of the sleeping surface assembly; (b) a backboard platform, the backboard platform comprising a rigid material suitable for supporting the weight of an infant, the backboard platform hingedly connected to the base frame and capable of pivoting from a position generally parallel to the plane of the base frame to a position at an inclined angle to the plane of the base frame; (c) a retention surface, the retention surface positioned on the backboard platform and retained thereto; and (d) a sliding clamp assembly connecting the backboard platform with the base frame and thereby supporting the backboard platform, the sliding clamp assembly having two slide members, two releasable clamps, each positioned to alternately grip or release one of the two slide members, and a single common release lever to direct the release of the clamps from gripping the slide members, the single common release lever comprising an angled plate defining two apertures, each of the two slide members passing through one of the apertures in the angled plate, whereby in a first angled orientation, first and second edges of each of the apertures frictionally engage opposing surfaces of the two slide members, and in a second angled orientation, the first and second edges of each of the apertures are freed from frictional contact with the opposing surfaces of the slide members, the releasable clamps sliding on the slide members and thereby varying an angle of inclination between the backboard platform and the base frame.