Patent ID: 8112834

Claim:
A connecting arrangement for connecting a mattress support to supporting sides of a crib, comprising a plurality of elements: a plurality of stationary bars secured to a plurality of the supporting sides, respectively, each stationary bar having a first opening; a plurality of slide bars, each slide bar having a second opening and each slide bar being mounted in sliding relation to a respective said stationary bar between a first position in which the first and second openings are in alignment with each other and a second position in which the first and second openings are out of alignment with each other; a third opening in one of a respective said stationary bar and slide bar and being in open communication with a respective one of said first and second openings, said third opening being smaller than the respective one of said first and second opening and being in alignment with the other of said respective one of said first and second openings in said second position; a plurality of arms, each arm having one end connected to the mattress support and an opposite free end having a pin with an engaging end for engagement within respective said first and second openings when the respective said slide bar is moved to said first position and which is locked in said third opening when the respective said slide bar is moved to said second position; a spring connected between each respective said stationary bar and slide bar for biasing each slide bar to the second position to lock said engaging end of said pin into one said third opening and the other of said respective one of said first and second openings, said spring being the only element connected to the slide bar and movable relative to the slide bar for moving said slide bar; each of said stationary bars and slide bars extending in a lengthwise direction; and each said slide bar including an accessible tab for moving said slide bar and accessible tab together in said lengthwise direction relative to the respective said stationary bar by pressure applied on said tab in said lengthwise direction.