Patent ID: 6983496

Claim:
A system for allowing access to, and egress from, a child's crib by the child using said crib, said crib positioned on a support surface and having an elevated sleeping surface enclosed on three of four sides, said child being too small to easily access the height of said sleeping surface on said crib but agile enough to climb an inclined surface to such a height, the system comprising: a ramp frame positioned proximate to said crib, said frame defining an inclined plane extending continuously from a location adjacent said elevated sleeping surface of said crib along an unenclosed one of said four sides of said elevated sleeping surface, to a location on said support surface apart from said crib, said ramp frame having a width approximately equal to a width of said unenclosed one of said four sides of said elevated sleeping surface; and a ramp surface positioned on and attached to said ramp frame, said ramp surface further defining said inclined plane and providing the surface to said inclined plane extending continuously from said elevated sleeping surface to said support surface, said ramp surface capable of supporting the weight of said child ascending or descending between said elevated sleeping surface and said support surface.