Patent ID: 8966680
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A playyard comprising a collapsible frame including a rail segment lock and rail support adapted to support a playyard floor and a top rail including a left rail segment, a center rail segment, and a right rail segment, wherein the rail support is configured to fold to be moved between an erected configuration to support the floor and a collapsed configuration without the floor, the top rail is coupled to the rail support of the collapsible frame and arranged to lie above a playyard floor supported on the rail support of the collapsible frame upon movement of the rail support of the collapsible frame to the erected configuration, the left rail segment of the top rail is coupled to a left corner leg included in the rail support of the collapsible frame, the right rail segment of the top rail is coupled to a right corner leg included in the rail support of the collapsible frame, the center rail segment of the top rail is arranged to interconnect the left and right rail segments and to support the left and right rail segments for movement relative to one another between an inline-use position wherein the left and right rail segments are arranged to extend along a generally horizontal reference line extending between the left and right corner legs and a folded-storage position wherein the left and right rail segments are arranged to extend in a generally vertical orientation in substantially perpendicular relation to the generally horizontal reference line, the center rail segment of the top rail includes a button-support bracket, a left fastener coupled to the bracket and to the left rail segment to support the left rail segment for movement relative to the bracket during movement of the left and right rail segments between the inline-use and folded-storage positions, and a right fastener coupled to the bracket and to the right rail segment to support the right rail segment for movement relative to the bracket during movement of the left and right rail segments between the inline-use and folded-storage positions, and the rail segment lock includes a rail-motion blocker mounted on the bracket for pivotable movement about a single generally horizontal pivot axis that is arranged to lie in substantially spaced-apart parallel relation to the generally horizontal reference line when the rail support of the collapsible frame is in the erected configuration and left and right rail segments are in the inline-use position between a rail-locking position engaging the left and right rail segments to block movement of the left and right rail segments toward the folded-storage position and a rail-unlocking position disengaging the left and right rail segments to free the left and right rail segments to move toward the folded-storage position.