Patent ID: 6549140
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A47D,G08B

Abstract:
A portable infant protective bed comprising:a frame including a rigid base and rigid wall members affixed to said base to form a central recessed portion, said base also having a rigid exterior lip portion extending outwardly from said rigid wall members, a sleeping pad housed within said central recessed portion and supported by said base, a resilient bumper member affixed to and supported between the top of said rigid exterior lip portion of said base and the exterior of said rigid wall members, a cleanable cover sized to snuggly encompass said pad and said resilient bumper member, pressure sensitive switch assemblies affixed to said wall members and housed within said resilient bumper member, said pressure sensitive switch assemblies including pressure sensitive switch members affixed to said wall members, said switch members having a pressure sensitive portion, said switch assemblies also including spring-loaded switch activation members, said activation members including switch contact members in operative alignment with said pressure sensitive member portions of said switch members, an energy source connected in circuit with said pressure sensitive switch members, an alarm assembly connected in circuit with said pressure sensitive switch members and said energy source, whereby when an infant is sleeping in said bed on said pad in close proximity to a sleeping adult and in the event said adult rolls over onto said resilient bumper member, the weight of said adult will cause at least one of said activation members to depress causing said switch contact members to contact one or more of said pressure sensitive switch members, thereby causing said alarm assembly to activate to wake said adult to prevent injury to said infant.