Patent ID: 7461891

Claim:
A collapsible support frame for supporting a baby carrier, said support frame comprising: a collapsible frame extending upwardly from a ground surface and having a fixed vertical height, said frame including a plurality of rectilinear rails equidistantly spaced apart and disposed at opposed corners of said frame, said rails maintaining a static longitudinal length while said frame is adapted between collapsed and erected positions, selected ones of said rails including brackets extending medially and inwardly therefrom, a seat support section having opposed corners connected to said brackets and other ones of said rails respectively, said seat support section being folded and unfolded when said frame is collapsed and erected respectively, a plurality of rods having opposed ends directly connected to top ends of said rails respectively, selected ones of said rods being downwardly displaced from the erected position, and means for maintaining said selected rods evenly registered along a horizontal plane when said frame is erected such that said selected rods become downwardly displaced from said horizontal plane when said maintaining means is repositioned along a longitudinal length of said selected rods as said frame is collapsed; wherein other ones of said rods travel towards a center of said frame and become adjoined proximate to the center of said frame when said frame is articulated to the collapsed position.