Patent ID: 8328594
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A47D,A63H

Abstract:
1. Infant accommodation apparatus supported in normal use on a flat horizontal surface, the apparatus comprising a support device having, in a vertical plane, a constant circular or oval-shaped cross-section along its extent, said support device including an inner enclosure wall which is defined by means of an inflated member, wherein said inner enclosure wall is an inwardly facing upstanding enclosure wall which defines an infant accommodation region in which an infant may be positioned in use, wherein said inner enclosure wall is endless and defines an endless non-circular enclosure around the infant accommodation region, wherein the maximum diameter of the infant accommodation region is in the range 20 to 50cm, wherein said inner enclosure wall includes, when viewed from above, three curved apex regions separated by curved side regions, said support device further including an outer enclosure wall which is an outwardly facing upstanding enclosure wall, wherein said outer enclosure wall is, when viewed from above, non-circular and symmetrical about each of three vertical planes angled at 120° to each other, wherein said support device has first and second maximum diameters, being the two largest distances across the support device, said first and second maximum diameters extending in respective first and second horizontal directions, wherein said first and second directions extend at an angle in the range 110 to 130° to one another and wherein said support device has a third maximum diameter which is the third largest distance across the support device, wherein said third maximum diameter extends at an angle in the range 110 to 130° to each of said first and second directions, wherein said first maximum diameter is in the range 70 to 100cm, said second maximum diameter is in the range 70 to 100cm and said third maximum diameter is in the range 70 to 100cm.