Patent ID: 8397321
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A wheel chair accessible crib permitting access by a wheel-chair-bound care giver, the wheel chair having a conventional maximum width and seat height, said crib comprising: a) at least two end supports spaced by a distance greater than the maximum width of the wheel chair; b) a central bed extending between said at least two end supports, said central bed portion having a lowermost extent which exceeds the seat height of the wheel chair by an amount sufficient to accommodate a lap of the care giver; c) two side frame members for restraining an infant; d) at least one of said side frame members having a two sets of bi-fold access doors which open and close between a first upper transverse support rail and a second lower transverse support, each set including a first door hingedly attached to a second door, said two sets of bi-fold access doors pivotally retracting out of the way in opposite lateral directions in a manner to permit said wheel-chair-bound care giver to access the infant without interfering with the approach of the wheel chair; e) upper and lower latch means on at least one of said first and second doors of each set of said bi-fold access doors for securing said bi-fold doors in a closed position, said upper and lower latch means requiring simultaneous operation to permit said set of bi-fold access doors to be pivoted from a first closed latched position to a second open access position, said upper and lower latch means comprising a T-shaped latch actuator which is spring-biased into an engaged position.