Patent ID: 6699173
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
An infant care apparatus, said infant care apparatus comprising an infant platform, a plurality of vertically oriented walls extending upwardly from said infant platform forming an infant compartment having an upper peripheral edge, a canopy having a lower edge, said canopy being vertically movable with respect to said infant platform between a lower position where said lower edge of said canopy seals against said upper peripheral edge of said walls and an upper position where said canopy is displaced upwardly from said upper peripheral edge of said walls, and a seal adapted to seal between the lower edge of said canopy and the upper peripheral edge of said walls when said canopy is in said lower position, said seal having an elongated rigid flange having an inner surface affixed to said lower edge of said canopy and having an outer surface, said seal having a sealing flap constructed of a material more flexible than said flange and said sealing flap extending downwardly from a lower edge of said flange and inwardly toward said infant compartment, said seal having a flexible cover flap extending downwardly from an upper edge of said flange to enclose the outer surface of said flange.