Patent ID: 6925663
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. Crib hardware for a releasable crib side comprising: a) a first side rail means which is channeled to receive a vertically aligned first slide rod and which is attached to a first side rail slat, b) a second side rail means which is channeled to receive a vertically aligned second slide rod and which is attached to a second side rail slat, c) a dropside means for supporting and connecting the first and second side rail slats and for supporting a latching means, d) a first corner leg means which is slotted to receive said first side rail means, channeled to receive the vertically aligned first slide rod, and channeled with a first recess to receive a latching means, e) a second corner leg means which is slotted to receive said second side rail means, channeled to receive the vertically aligned second slide rod, and channeled with a second recess to receive a latching means, f) a latching means for holding said dropside means in a locked upright position and for releasing said dropside means, whereby activating said latching means allows for the release of the first side rail means within the first corner leg means and along the first vertically aligned slide rod substantially contemporaneously with the release of the second side rail means within the second corner leg means and along the second vertically aligned slide rod such that the dropside means lowers until the first side rail means and second side rail means rest on the bottom of the slots of the first corner leg means and second corner leg means, respectively, such that access to the slots is blocked by the side rail slats.