Patent ID: 8402982

Claim:
A modular outdoor playpen apparatus comprising: an enclosure comprising: a cushioned bottom wall; an opposite open top; a plurality of elongated parallelpiped side panels comprising a first side panel; a second side panel; a third side panel, and a fourth side panel; a first end and an opposite second end of each side panel; a top end and an opposite bottom end of each side panel; an outer wall and an opposite inner wall of each side panel; a pair of vertically aligned male hinges disposed on a first end of each side panel; a pair of vertically aligned female hinges disposed on a second end of each side panel; wherein each pair of vertically aligned male hinges releaseably engages one of the pair of vertically aligned female hinges; wherein the enclosure has an area in a range of 12 square feet to 20 square feet; wherein each of the male hinges disposed on the first side panel releaseably engages each of the female hinges disposed on the fourth side panel; wherein each of the male hinges disposed on the second side panel releaseably engages each of the female hinges disposed on the first side panel; wherein each of the male hinges disposed on the third side panel releaseably engages each of the female hinges disposed on the second side panel; wherein each of the male hinges disposed on the fourth side panel releaseably engages each of the female hinges disposed on the third side panel; a unitary hollow parallelepiped cushioned padding continuously removably disposed along the inner walls of the side panels, the cushioned padding having a continuous top edge; and at least one mounting hole disposed in the top edge of cushioned padding proximal to each of the side panels.