Patent ID: 8419610

Claim:
An infant care apparatus comprising a bed on which an infant is to be laid, and a heater configured to radiate heat rays to the bed, wherein the heat rays are radiated from a heat radiation opening of said heater to the bed, wherein the heat radiation opening is configured to change a direction thereof from a first state in which the heat radiation opening substantially faces the bed to a second state in which the heat radiation opening does not substantially face the bed, wherein the heat radiation opening is configured to change the direction thereof from the second state to the first state, wherein said heater is configured to move up and down, wherein the heat radiation opening is held in the first state when said heater is at an upper position, wherein the heat radiation opening is held in the second state when said heater is at a lower position, further comprising a heater strut to which said heater is attached, wherein said heater strut includes a stationary strut and a movable strut which is configured to move up and down with respect to the stationary strut and to which said heater is attached, wherein the heat radiation opening is held in the first state when the movable strut is at an upper position, wherein the heat radiation opening is held in the second state when the movable strut is at a lower position, wherein the heat radiation opening changes the direction thereof from the second state to the first state, accompanied by forwardly moving of the movable strut, when the movable strut moves forward from the lower position to the upper position, and wherein the heat radiation opening changes the direction thereof from the first state to the second state, accompanied by backwardly moving of the movable strut, when the movable strut moves backward from the upper position to the lower position.