Patent ID: 7568244

Claim:
A connecting arrangement for slidably securing the drop side rail to respective vertical posts of the headboard and footboard on an opposite side of the crib, said connecting arrangement including: an elongated guide secured to a vertical post of at least one of the headboard and the footboard, said elongated guide including an opening therein, a rail guide slidably mounted along said elongated guide in a lengthwise direction thereof, said rail guide including opposing members that are both always in guiding engagement with opposite sides of said elongated guide, a rail securement member fixedly secured to at least one end of said drop side rail such that said rail securement member is prevented from moving relative to said drop side rail, said rail securement member being slidably connected with said rail guide for sliding movement relative to said rail guide in a direction transverse to said lengthwise direction, said rail securement member including a locking member, and a biasing arrangement for biasing said rail securement member in a transverse direction relative to said rail guide to move said locking member into said opening of said elongated guide, wherein, to lower the drop side rail, the drop side rail must be moved laterally against a biasing force of said biasing arrangement to remove said locking member from said opening whereupon said rail lock assembly can slide along said elongated guide.