Patent ID: 6470516
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A portable double level cradle rocking bassinet, comprising:a. an elongated bed portion having a horizontally disposed bottom surface and a foldable circumferential sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom surface; b. a first lower rocker having an arcuate lower surface and affixed to the underside of said bottom surface and located adjacent to one end of said bed portion; c. a second lower rocker having an arcuate lower surface and affixed to the underside of said bottom surface and located adjacent to the other end of said bed portion; d. said first and second rockers aligned parallel to one another such that the lowermost portions of their respective arcuate lower surfaces lie in the same plane for rocking back and forth said bed portion at a ground level; e. a first pair of elongated vertical posts hingeably connected to the underside of said bottom surface of said bed portion and located adjacent to said first lower rocker, the first vertical posts being spaced apart and vertically aligned relative to each other; f. a second pair of elongated vertical posts hingeably connected to the underside of said bottom surface of said bed portion and located adjacent to said second lower rocker, the second vertical posts being spaced apart and vertically aligned relative to each other; g. a first lower widthwise cross beam joining said first vertical posts together adjacent their lowermost ends; h. a second lower widthwise cross beam joining said second vertical posts together adjacent their lowermost ends; i. a third rocker affixed to bottom ends of said first vertical posts and having an arcuate lower surface; j. a forth rocker affixed to bottom ends of said second vertical posts and having an arcuate lower surface; k. said third and forth rockers aligned parallel to one another such that the lowermost portions of their respective arcuate lower surfaces lie in the same plane when said first and second vertical posts are in an unfolded condition for rocking said bed portion back and forth at a bed or chair level; l. said third rocker further having a pair of foldout rocker extensions hingeably attached to the opposite ends for stabilizing and preventing said bed portion from tipping over from over rocking at said bed or chair level; m. said forth rocker further having a pair of foldout rocker extensions hingeably attached to the opposite ends for stabilizing and preventing said bed portion from tipping over from over rocking at said bed or chair level; n. means for securing said foldout rocking extensions of said third and forth rockers in an extended condition; o. means for securing and storing said first and second vertical posts in a folded condition against the underside of said bed portion; and p. means for securing and retaining said first and second vertical posts in said unfolded condition; q. whereby said bassinet can be rocked on said first and second lower rockers at said ground level when said third and forth rockers are in said folded condition and when a horizontal rocking force is imparted to said bassinet, and said bassinet can be rocked at said bed or chair level when said third and forth rockers are in said unfolded condition, where said bassinet is approximately raised to said bed or chair level to permit said third and forth rockers to rock back and forth when a horizontal rocking force is imparted to said bassinet.