Patent ID: 8490227

Claim:
A portable play yard comprising: a lower frame having a collapsed position and an erected position, the lower frame comprising a plurality of lower rails and a plurality of lower joints to permit movement of the lower frame between the erected and collapsed positions; an upper frame having a collapsed position and an erected position; a plurality of curved legs joining the upper frame and the lower frame; a floor supported by the lower frame, the floor having a perimeter, the perimeter having a rounded rectangular shape; and the upper frame including a plurality of upper rails and a plurality of upper joints coupled to the upper rails to permit movement of the upper frame between the erected position and the collapsed position, each of the upper rails and a corresponding joint being pivotably coupled between a respective pair of the legs, the upper rails being outwardly curved relative to a center of the play yard such that the corresponding upper joint is disposed on a first side of a vertical plane containing an outermost point of each leg of a pair of the legs to which the respective rails are pivotably coupled when the upper frame is in the erected position and at least one of on the plane or on a second side of the plane opposite the first side when the upper frame is in the collapsed position.