Patent ID: 6026524
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A playyard system to be used in a conventionally fixed mode or as a rocker comprising in combination:a playyard in a generally rectilinear configuration having a closed bottom with a floor, an open top, and two generally rectangular side walls and a generally rectangular front end wall and a rear end wall, all of the walls and the floor meeting to form lower corners;a leg extending downwardly from each of the lower corners of the playyard for holding the playyard in a fixed mode;a pair of wheels located beneath at least one of the front end wall or rear end wall of the playyard for transportation purposes;a pair of rocker members, each rocker member being located beneath an associated end wall, each rocker member having two generally linear horizontal end portions constituting a minority of the whole of the rocker member, an elongated central portion in an arcuate configuration between the end portions and two linear extender portions positioned between the linear horizontal end portions and the elongated central portion of the rocker member, the linear extender portions having a length whereby the elongated central portion may extend downwardly to a distance greater than a lower most extent of the legs;an arcuate elastomeric tube encompassing a majority of the elongated central portion of each rocker member for contacting a ground surface;generally tubular adapters positioned in proximity to each leg, the adapters having facing tubular openings for receiving an associated end extent of the rocker members, whereby the adapters extend arcuately for slightly greater than 180 degrees and include open bottom openings, the adapters each adapter including a pair of recesses positioned adjacent to an interior edge of the tubular openings of the adapters;a spring-urged ball extending outwardly from an end portion of each rocker member, the spring-urged ball adapted to be received in the recesses of the adapters to hold the rocker members downwardly for deploying the playyard in a rocking mode and upwardly for deployment of the playyard in a fixed mode.