BE1021403B1 - BED, MOBILE AND MOBILE FIXING DEVICE FOR CHILDREN. - Google Patents

Abstract

ABBREGE BED, MOBILE AND MOBILE FIXING DEVICE FOR CHILDREN The present invention relates to an assembly comprising a mobile and its fixing device (or module) intended to fix said mobile on a child's bed or an activity park. of a child and also relates to a construction kit comprising the elements of a crib (or a child's activity park) and the mobile-device (or module) assembly of fixing of the invention, as well as means for fixing a cot bumper on a child's bed. 15 (Figure 1) 2012/0606

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an assembly comprising a mobile and its device (or module) fixing for securing said mobile on a child's bed or a park activity of a child.

The present invention also relates to a construction kit comprising the elements of a child's bed (or a child's activity park) and the mobile-device assembly (or module) of attachment of the invention, and means for fixing a bed bumper on a crib.

BACKGROUND [0003] The importance of play in children has been scientifically proven. Play contributes to the good development of the child, psychically, physically and intellectually. The game develops personality, socialization, learning, and autonomy.

From this point of view, games for children as mobiles, can stimulate their brain activity from an early age through visual and sound stimulation, and thus create an environment conducive to its physical and emotional development.

Some of these mobiles can be fixed directly on the bed of the child (or on the activity park of a child) thus providing a closer contact with the child and thereby a better stimulation of the child. It is indeed known also scientists that if it concerns the hearing, the newborn, from the birth, is already very sensitive to the rhythmic and melodic characteristics of sound sequences, on the other hand as regards the vision, that of a newborn is imperfect compared to that of an adult and it changes strongly in the first twelve months after birth, the newborn seeing relatively well things very contrasted and close.

Generally, such mobiles are in the form of an arm which has, at one of its ends the mobile itself, that is to say the child's play as such or the part decorative element with emitters or reflectors of light, colors or sounds, and at the other end of its means for fixing said arm to the bed, usually on the front edge (possibly rear) of the bed. Some mobiles have fastening means which allow lateral attachment of said mobile, that is to say on the upper left or right edge (lateral uprights) of the bed.

Fixing the mobile on the bed is done either on a solid part of the bed, or on bars (vertical side bars forming the sides of the bed or upper amounts forming, in all or part, the frame of the bed).

The device for fixing a mobile device described in patent application WO 2006/086192 corresponds to a device carrying a mobile and which is capable of being fixed on a bed with bars, more precisely on one of the two lateral parts of the device. a child's crib with support, or on at least two successive vertical bars forming the sides of the bed, the fastening means then taking the form of a housing to be screwed, or on the upper horizontal upright forming the upper frame of the bed, the fastening means then taking the form of a box to pinch on said amount.

This type of mobile is particularly well suited to cribs whose bars, both those forming the sides of the bed, those forming the frame of the bed, are essentially in the form of narrow tubes, it is ie tubes with a width or diameter less than 5 cm.

In contrast, this type of mobile, whether with one or the other of these means of attachment, is not suitable for beds (or child activity park) without bars or beds (or activity parks) with bars whose bars are wider and flat and whose spaces (days) between the bars are wide (more than 10 cm wide), in particular the beds whose days are as wide (from more than 10 cm) and are filled / filled by a transparent or translucent plexiglass plate so as to allow the baby to be watched over by parents or other persons.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION [0011] The present invention aims at providing a mobile for a child's bed or for a child's activity park, in particular a fixing device or module, which does not have the disadvantages of mobile phones. state of the art mentioned above.

In particular, the present invention aims to provide a mobile capable of being fixed in a stable and secure manner to a child's bed or activity park of a child who would have at least one upper frame or upright (or edge) and which would optionally also have vertical bars forming the sides of the bed and spaced apart by them wide days, but possibly filled by a transparent plate or translucent Plexiglas. The present invention also aims to provide a device for fixing a bedstead on a child's bed having the latter configuration.

In the present description, the term "child's bed, or child activity park", a bed or activity park suitable for children between zero and three years of age, and meeting the relevant safety standards.

By "relatively large upper frame" means a bed frame that has a width (dimension in the vertical direction) over its entire periphery greater than 10 cm, or 20 cm or 30 cm.

The term "relatively wide vertical bars spaced between relatively wide days" bars and days of a width greater than 10 cm, 20 cm or 30 cm.

Main features of the invention [0016] A first aspect of the invention relates to a mobile assembly and its fixing device for fixing the mobile to a child's bed or activity park of a child, comprising a carrying arm said mobile capable of suspending at one of its ends a breeze and able to be fixed by the other of its ends, said free end, to the child's bed or activity park of a child, a device fixing device comprising a removable element relative to said arm and forming a substantially longitudinal shaped body, and means for fixing the arm and the removable element to the child bed or the activity park in which the removable element has a first notch adapted to fit, preferably by complementarity of shape, said removable element on an edge of said bed or the activity park in which is the removable element has a second notch inside of which it the free end of the support arm can fit, or the free end of the arm has a shoulder through which the free end of the arm which bears under conditions of use on the upper surface of the element removable, thus forming a support / contact zone between said arm and said removable element capable of transmitting vertical forces and horizontal forces, and wherein the fastening means make it possible to secure, in conditions of use, the arm to the removable element.

Preferably, throughout the invention, the fastening means are adapted to secure, in use, the removable element and the arm at the edge of the crib or the playpen .

Advantageously, throughout the invention, the fastening means comprise a screw-nut and the removable element comprises a perforation (13) allowing passage for the screw.

Preferably, throughout the invention, a support / contact zone is formed, and on the arm and on the removable element, at least one substantially horizontal face and at least one substantially vertical face. .

[0020] In all of the invention, the removable element is made of the same material as the arm of the mobile and / or the crib, preferably wood, PVC and / or MDF.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a kit for constructing a child's bed or activity park of a child comprising the elements of said crib or said park and the moving assembly. device for fixing the mobile of the invention.

Preferably, according to the invention, the construction kit comprises bars of a child's bed or activity park have a width greater than 10 cm and days between the bars of a width. greater than 10 cm, as well as one or more translucent or transparent plastic plate (s), preferably of the Plexiglas type, that can be arranged between said bars to seal in full or partly the days between the bars.

Advantageously, in the kit of the invention, the edge of the child's bed has perforations to secure the links of the top of a tower of the child's bed and a cross elastic device with four elastic bands terminated by fasteners for securing the under links of said bedstead.

Brief description of the drawings [0024] Figure 1 shows a general view of a mobile according to the invention attached to one side of a child's bed. Figure 1 shows the mobile seen from the outside of the bed.

Figure 2 shows a general view of the same mobile according to the invention, but it shows the mobile on the inside of the bed.

Figure 3 shows a more detailed view of the fixing device of the mobile, in particular of the removable element or wedge.

Figure 4 as for it details the particular conformation of the removable element (or wedge) of the fixing device and its arrangement in the operating position on the one hand with respect to the frame of a bed and on the other hand relative to the arm of the mobile.

Figure 5 shows front, rear and side views of the removable element (or wedge) in a preferred embodiment of this first version.

Figures 6 and 7 show a simplified version of the removable element (or wedge) of the fastening device of the invention.

Figures 8 and 9 show the relative arrangement of the various elements (of the different parts) forming the fixing device according to the invention once mounted on the frame of the bed, respectively in the un simplified and simplified version of said device.

Figure 10 shows means for fixing the links of a bed bumper on the crib of the invention according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0032] The removable element (or wedge) of the device (module) for fixing a mobile according to the present invention is presented in detail in FIG. 4.

In its first version, said removable element (that is to say a separable element of the arm carrying the mobile) of the device (or module) for fixing corresponds to a part essentially in the form of a block cuboid. It comprises an upper part 9 and a lower part 6. It is provided with a first notch 3 and a second notch 4. The two notches 3 and 4 are located on the same side 5 of the removable element. The two notches 3, 4 have a shape of preferably substantially rectangular.

More specifically, the shape of the first notch 3 of the removable element 1 is adapted to fit removably on the amount (edge) of the child bed 8, preferably the amount forming part of the frame upper (edge) 7 of the crib 8 (or an activity park), as shown in Figures 1 and 2. It should therefore be understood that the removable element 1 of the device (or module) for fixing the mobile can be clipped, that is to say, wedge, removably via its first notch 3 on the upper frame 7 of a child's bed 8 (or a business park d a child) as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 or on the side (edge) or side bar of a crib (or a child's activity park) as shown in Figure 6.

Furthermore, the shape of the second notch 4 of the element 1 is such that it is adapted to fit removably on the free end 15 of the arm 10 of the mobile 2, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. It should therefore be understood that the element 1 can also click or detach itself removably via its second notch 4 on the free end 15 of the arm of the mobile 2, as illustrated in FIGS. 2. Still in other words, the free end 15 of the arm 10, which corresponds to the end opposite the end 11 of said arm 10 on which is located the decorative part (the child's play) 12 of the mobile 2 can come slide in the second notch 4 of the removable element (shim) 1 where it is finally held (blocked).

The two notches 3 and 4 have a complementary role in the stabilization of the arm of the mobile relative to the position of the bed, when in place on the edge 7 of the frame (or side upright) of the child's bed 8, avoiding both vertical movements and horizontal movements of said arm. In addition, the second notch 4 has the function of avoiding the lateral inclination of the arm 10. The two notches 3 and 4 together contribute to stabilize effectively and in a complementary manner the movable assembly-fixing device on the bed of child 8 (or on a child activity park).

The movable assembly 2, removable element 1 and bed 8 is also completely bonded and stabilized thanks to the presence of locking means 14 which are fixed at an opening (or passage) 13 located on the element 1 (preferably above the first notch 3), and whose action, combined with that of the notches 3 and 4, contributes to optimum stabilization of all, safely for the child.

Advantageously, the locking means 14 are in the form of a torque or screw-nut assembly as illustrated in the figures, but other embodiments may also be envisaged.

The locking means 14 via the removable element 1, provide a fixation but also a stabilization of the arm of the mobile 2 to the child bed 8 (or to the child activity park).

The shape of the different elements of the fixing module and their relative arrangement relative to each other in the operating position (mounted on the bed) are such that together the arm 10 and the removable element (shim) 1 define a contact / support zone 50 which participates in the stabilization of the assembly on the bed or park (by transmission of the stresses / forces vertical and horizontal).

The support / contact zone 50 is formed of at least one substantially horizontal face 91 and at least one substantially vertical face 92 at the level of the arm 10 and the removable element 1.

Advantageously, at the level of the removable element (wedge) 1, the portion projecting above the first notch 3 is higher and longer than the portion projecting below said notch 3. In other words, the recess of the first notch 3 is more pronounced towards the top 17 than towards the base 16 of the removable element (or wedge) 1.

However, other embodiments may be envisaged. The fixing device can thus be suitable for a bed 8 (or a park of activity) in which the mobile 2 would be fixed via the fixing device comprising the removable element 1 and the locking means 14 on the amount forming, this time all (completely) - and not only partly as previously illustrated - the upper frame (edge) 7 of said bed 8 (or said park).

The fixing device may also be suitable for a bed 8 (or a park of activity) in which the mobile 2 would be fixed via the fixing device, and more particularly the element 1, on the front part (head of the bed) or back (bottom of the bed) of the bed (or activity park), the removable element 1 then always fixing on the upright forming all or part (completely or partially) the upper frame (edge) 7 said child's bed 8 (or said child activity park).

An advantage of the device or attachment module according to the present invention lies precisely in the removable nature of the element 1 (shim). Therefore, depending on the type of bed (or park), several wedges with different configurations and different sizes (for example the movable element may be longer to adapt to each type of bed) can be provided for a same arm.

Note that the decorative part 12 of the mobile 2 may be optionally detachable from the end 11 of the arm 10, but also be washable and interchangeable with another decorative part. The decorative part 12 may further comprise a sound module (musical). .

In a simplified version of the removable element 1 (shim) of the assembly of the invention and illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, it does not have the second notch 4, but only the first notch 3. The end of the arm 10 can not slide to fit into the element 1, but has a shoulder 41 which rests, when in the operating position, on the surface 91 of the top 17 of the element 1 ( defined according to the direction and direction of installation in operating conditions).

As in the other version, the shape of the various elements of the fixing module and their relative arrangement relative to each other in the operating position (mounted on the bed or the park) are such that together the arm 10 and the removable element (wedge) 1 define a contact / support zone 50 which participates in the stabilization of the mobile on the bed (by transmission of vertical and horizontal stresses / forces).

The support / contact zone 50 is formed of at least one substantially horizontal face 91 and at least one substantially vertical face 92 at the level of the arm 10 and the removable element 1.

Nevertheless, it will be readily understood that the stabilization provided in this case by the fixing device is less effective than in the first version which has the second notch 4, that is to say that by this additional or additional notch, the mobile thus having a greater degree of freedom of movement of its arm 10.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a construction kit or mounting of a child's bed 8 (or a child's activity park) comprising the mobile-device assembly (or module) for fixing a mobile of the invention, the elements of said crib or said park, and possibly the tools and instructions necessary for their assembly, that is to say their assembly.

Of course, one skilled in the art can easily predict that the mobile assembly-mobile attachment device according to the present invention could also be suitable for other systems similar to children's beds, such as for example the children's activity parks, and their kit. associated assembly.

The mobile 2 according to the present invention, with its arm assembly 10, decorative part or child's play 12, removable element 1, and locking means 14, as shown in Figure 1, can be fixed on one side left or right of a child's bed 8 (or a park activity of a child), more precisely on the lateral amount (edge) forming part of the upper frame 7 of said child bed 8 (or said park), that is to say the periphery or edge 7 of the bed (or park). However, according to one variant, this device for fixing said mobile device to a child's bed (or to a child's activity park) is particularly adapted to attach directly to the lateral uprights on the edge of a child's bed. 8 child (or business park) without bars or having wide bars or rest in part against a plate 100 transparent or translucent, for example Plexiglas, placed on days (wider than 10 cm) arranged at the place said bars or between said bars wide (more than ten cm). The invention also relates to the means adapted for optimally fixing the links of a bed bumper to this type of crib. These fixing means comprise perforations (slots) 18 made in the lateral edges 7 of the child bed 8 to fix the top links of the child bed 8 and a cross elastic device 101 comprising at least four elastic bands (of similar length) 102, joined together to form a cross and having at their free end hook-type fasteners 103 to attach to the links 104 from below said bed between the bed 105 of the bed and the mattress (as shown in Figure 10).

Claims (4)

1. Mobile assembly and its fixing device for fixing the mobile (2) to a child's bed (8) or a child's activity park, comprising: - a carrying arm (10) of said mobile capable of hanging at one of its ends (11) a child's play (12) and adapted to be fixed by the other of its ends, said free end, to the child's bed (8) or to the activity park of a child, - a fixing device comprising a member (1) removable relative to said arm (10) and forming a body of substantially longitudinal shape, and means (14) for fixing the arm (10) and the removable element (1) to the child's bed (8) or to the activity park, - in which the removable element comprises a first notch (3) adapted to fit, preferably by complementary shape, said removable element (1) on an edge of said bed (8) or the activity park, - in which either the removable element (1) has a second notch (4) inside which the end fiber (15) of the support arm (10) can be interlocked, or the free end (15) of the arm (10) has a shoulder (41) through which the free end of the arm (10) which takes support under conditions of use on the upper surface (91) of the removable element (1), thereby forming a support / contact zone (50) between said arm and said removable element (1) capable of transmitting vertical forces and horizontal forces, and - in which the fastening means are used to secure, in use, the arm (10) to the removable element (1). 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the fastening means (14) are able to secure, in use, the removable element (1) and the arm (10) to the edge of the crib (8) or the children's park. 3. The assembly of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fastening means (14) comprise a screw-nut and the removable element (1) comprises a perforation (13) allowing passage for the screw. 4. The assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support / contact zone (50) is formed, and on the arm (10) and on the removable element (1), at least one face (91) substantially horizontal and at least one face (92) substantially vertical. 5. The assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the removable element (1) is made of the same material as the arm (10) of the mobile and / or the crib (8) preferably wood, PVC and / or MDF. 6. Kit for constructing a child's bed or a child's activity park comprising the elements of said child's bed (8) or said park and the movable assembly-device for fixing the mobile according to any one of the preceding claims. 7. The construction kit according to claim 6 which comprises bars of a crib (8) or an activity park have a width greater than 10 cm and days between the bars of greater width. at 10 cm, and one or more plate (s) (100) plastic (s) translucent (s) or transparent (s), preferably plexiglass type, capable of being arranged (s) between said bars to close in all or part of the days between the bars. 8. The kit according to claim wherein the edge of the crib (8) has perforations (18) for fixing the links of the top of a tower of the crib and a resilient device cross (101) with four elastic bands (102) terminated by fasteners (103) for securing the links (104) from beneath said bumper.