Patent ID: 7013505
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A portable combination bedside co-sleeper, comprising: an enclosure having an open top, a floor, a mattress support panel, a front wall, and at least one surrounding wall connected to the front wall; said floor having a top surface, a bottom surface and surrounding side edges and being attached to said front wall and said surrounding wall at said surrounding side edges; said mattress support panel having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer perimeter and being removably attached to said front wall and said surrounding wall at said outer perimeter and being spaced upwardly from said floor; a mattress pad, said mattress pad having an upper surface, a lower surface and being sized and shaped to fit slidably between said front wall and said surrounding wall; means for reversibly' lowering a height of at least a portion of said front wall, from a first position at said trop to at least one second position below said top; and a securing strap assembly for securing the co-sleeper to a parental bed; whereby, when the front wall is raised to the first position, the co-sleeper is usable as a bassinet; and wherein, when the front wall is then lowered to one of its second positions, the co-sleeper is usable as a changing table; and further, when the securing strap assembly is properly positioned and the co-sleeper is secured to the parental bed it will serve as a co-sleeper; wherein said mattress support panel further comprises: a series of reinforcing panels, said reinforcing panels being attached to said upper surface; and a series of second reinforcing straps, said second reinforcing straps being attached to said lower surface.