Patent ID: 7568242

Claim:
A portable play yard comprising: a lower frame having a collapsed position and an erected position, the lower frame comprising a plurality of rails and a plurality of 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, the upper frame forming a rounded, four sided, shape when in the erected position, the upper frame comprising a plurality of rails and a plurality of joints, each of the rails being associated with a corresponding one of the joints to permit movement of the upper frame between the erected and collapsed positions; a plurality of posts joining the upper frame and the lower frame; a handle associated with the lower frame to facilitate movement of the lower frame from the erected position to the collapsed position; and caps joining the upper frame to the posts, wherein the rails of the upper frame are joined to respective ones of the caps by mechanical fasteners, each of the fasteners being located at a respective upward angle from a horizontal plane toward the center of the play yard so as to cause at least two of the joints of the upper frame to simultaneously rotate downward and inward toward a center of the play yard as the upper frame moves from the erected position to the collapsed position to achieve a reduced form factor when the play yard is collapsed.