Patent ID: 8677527

Claim:
A portable playyard, comprising: a foldable playyard frame having two opposite upper side rails and an upper end rail interconnecting said upper side rails in end-to-end relationship; a crossing rod bridging said upper side rails and disposed adjacent to said upper end rail; a flexible loop-shaped surrounding wall unit mounted to said playyard frame and defining an inner space, said surrounding wall unit including two opposite side walls connected respectively to said upper side rails and extending downwardly therefrom, and an end wall connected to said upper end rail and extending downwardly therefrom; a flexible partitioning wall connected to said playyard frame, trained on said crossing rod, and having a vertical wall portion extending downwardly from said crossing rod into said inner space, said vertical wall portion being secured to said side walls and cooperating with said end wall to define a chamber therebetween, wherein said flexible partitioning wall is collapsed when said playyard is folded such that said chamber is not defined when said playyard is folded; and at least one flexible shelf disposed in said chamber, interconnecting said vertical wall portion and said end wall, and cooperating with said vertical wall portion to form a storage compartment therebetween for storing articles therein.