GB2365334A

GB2365334A - A baby playpen-bassinet combination

Info

Publication number: GB2365334A
Application number: GB0018124A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Kenny Cheng
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-07-24
Filing date: 2000-07-24
Publication date: 2002-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 2020-07-24
Also published as: GB2365334B; GB0018124D0

Abstract

A baby playpen-bassinet comprises a bassinet 200 being detachably mounted onto the frame of playpen 100. The playpen framework 100 comprises a series of corner blocks 140a to 140d and rods 110, 120, 130 connected to each other, and each of the corner blocks 140a to 140d are provided with a vertical hole (148), whereby the holes (148) are in receipt with the framework 212, 216 of the bassinet 200. The lateral side walls 210 of the bassinet are attached to the lateral rods of framework by a series of sewn sleeves 202, 206. Additional plurality of male and female snap buttons 264 on the longitudinal side walls are also provided for securing the bassinet 200 to the playpen 100.

Description

<Desc/Clms Page number 1> BABY PLAYPEN-BASSINET COMBINATION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to a combination of a baby playpen and a baby bassinet, and more particularly to a baby playpen-bassinet combination in which a baby bassinet is safely and stably suspended from the top of a baby playpen by a simple and inexpensive mechanism.

2. Description of the Prior Art Many types of baby playpen-bassinet combinations are currently available on the market. These baby playpen-bassinet combinations are different from one another mainly in the mechanism by which the baby bassinet is mounted onto the baby playpen. Figure I shows a prior art combination of a baby playpen 30 and a baby bassinet40. The baby playpen 30 includes an upper frame 31, a bottom frame 32, a supporting frame 33 and a fabric body 35. The upper frame 31 are provided with four comer blocks 34 at four comers thereof The supporting frame 33 connects corresponding corners of the upper frame 31 and the bottom frame 32 by being fixed to the comer blocks 34. The fabric body 35 is supported by the upper frame 31 and the supporting frame 33 so as to surround the periphery of the playpen 30 and cover the bottom frame 32. The baby bassinet 40 is fon-ned by stitching a fabric 41. The four comers of the bassinet 40 are cut away for mating with the comer blocks 34 of the playpen 30. A number of hooks 42 are arranged along the top edge of the bassinet 40. By hanging the hooks 42 of the bassinet 40 on the upper frame 31 of the playpen 30, the bassinet 40 can be suspended from the top edge of the playpen 30 so that the bottom of the bassinet 40 is received within the playpen 30.

With the bassinet 40 having the structure described above, since the hooks 42 have to be sufficiently strong in order to prevent from breakage during the use thereof, the hooks 42 are usually formed from plastic steel material which is relatively expensive. In addition, since the relatively rigid hooks 42 are connected with the much softer fabric 41, after the bassinet 40 is used for a certain period of time, the fabric 41 often tears in the vicinity of the hooks 42, resulting in safety problems.

In view of the above, there exits a need for a baby playpen-bassinet combination in which a baby bassinet is safely and stably suspended from the top of a baby playpen

by a mechanism which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a baby playpen- bassinet combination in which a baby bassinet is safely and stably mounted onto the top of a baby playpen by simple and inexpensive means.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a baby playpen- bassinet combination comprising a playpen including an upper frame, a supporting frame, a bottom frame and a fabric body, and a bassinet detachably mounted onto the upper frame of the playpen and including a main body, two suspension sleeve, two extension portions, two supporting rods and a bottom plate. The upper frame includes two horizontal longitudinal rods parallel to each other, two horizontal lateral rods parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two longitudinal rods and four comer blocks. Each of the four comer blocks is fixedly connecting one of the two longitudinal rods and one of the two lateral rods and provided with a vertical hole. The supporting frame is fixedly connected to the four comer blocks of the upper ftame. The bottom frame is fixedly connected to the supporting frame. The fabric body wraps around the two longitudinal rods, the two lateral rods and the supporting frame so as to form a peripheral surface of the playpen and covers the bottom frame. The peripheral surface includes two lateral outer fabric sides extending downwards from the two lateral rods, respectively, and provided with first connecting means, respectively. The main body of the bassinet is received within a space defined by the two longitudinal rods and the two lateral rods of the playpen. The main body includes two longitudinal sides parallel to each other, two lateral sides parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two longitudinal dies and a bottom. The two suspension sleeves are connected to the two longitudinal sides of the main body so as to extend longitudinally, respectively. The two extension portions are connected to the two lateral sides of the main body so as to extend therefrom, respectively, and provided with second connecting means engageable with the first connecting means of the playpen, respectively. The two extension portions extend around the two lateral rods of the playpen, respectively, so as to be fixedly connected to the two lateral outer fabric sides of the peripheral surface of the playpen, respectively, through engagement between the first and second connecting means. Each of the two supporting rods has

two substantially perpendicularly bent end portions. The two supporting rods pass through the two suspension sleeves, respectively, so that the two end portions of each of the two supporting rods are protruded outside of the sleeve to be respectively inserted into the vertical holes of two of the comer blocks fixedly connected at two ends of the longitudinal rod of the playpen, so that each supporting rod is supported on two comer blocks. The bottom plate is placed on the bottom of the main body.

Preferably, the comer blocks are formed from plastic or metal material and the supporting rods are formed from metal material such as iron.

The above and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure I is a perspective view showing a prior art baby playpen-bassinet combination.

Figure 2 is an assembled perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of a baby playpen-bassinet combination according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the baby playpen-bassinet combination of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a comer block used in the playpen of the baby playpen-bassinet combination of Figures 2 and 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of a baby playpen-bassinet combination according to the present invention will be described in the following with reference to Figures 2 to 4. Since baby playpens and bassinets are well known, the following description will be directed in particular to elements or features of the baby playpen-bassinet combination of the present invention which are different from those of prior art, It is to be understood that elements or constructions thereof not specifically shown or described may take various forms well known to those skilled in the art.

With reference to Figures 2 and 3, Figure 2 is an assembled perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the baby playpen-bassinet combination according

to the present invention, and Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the playpen-bassinet combination of Figure 2. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the baby playpen-bassinet combination comprises a playpen 100 and a bassinet 200 detachably mounted on and suspended from the top of the playpen 100 and received within the playpen 100.

The playpen 100 includes an upper frame I 10, a bottom frame 120, a supporting frame 130 and a fabric body 150. The upper frame 110 includes a first horizontal longitudinal rod 112 and a second horizontal longitudinal rod 116 parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the playpen 100, a first horizontal lateral rod 114 and a second horizontal lateral rod 118 perpendicular to the first and second horizontal longitudinal rods 112 and 116 and parallel to each other in a lateral direction of the playpen 100, and four comer blocks 140a, 140b, 140c and 140d for fixedly connecting two of the aforementioned horizontal rods, respectively. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the comer block 140a fixedly connects the first longitudinal rod 112 and the first lateral rod 114, the comer blocks 140b fixedly connects the first lateral rod 114 and the second longitudinal rod 116, the comer block 140c fixedly connects the second longitudinal rod 116 and the second lateral rod 118 and the comer block 140d fixedly connects the second lateral rod 118 and the first longitudinal rod 112. As well known in the art, the rods 112, 114, 116 and 118 and the comer blocks 140a to 140d of the upper frame I 10 may be formed from any suitable plastic or metal material. Furthermore, since the connections between the rods 112, 114, 116 and 118 and the comer blocks 140a to 140d are well known to those skilled in the art, they will not be further discussed or illustrated in detail herein.

The playpen 100 of the illustrated embodiment of the baby playpen-bassinet combination according to the present invention is different from the prior art playpen mainly in the structure of the comer blocks 140a to 140d. As best seen in Figure 4, in this embodiment, the comer block 140c, for example, includes a longitudinal portion 142 extending in the longitudinal direction of the playpen 100 for fixedly connecting the second longitudinal rod 116, a lateral portion 144 integrally perpendicularly extending from the longitudinal portion 142 in the lateral direction of the playpen 100 for fixedly connecting the second lateral rod 118, and a protruded portion 146 integrally inwardly protruded between a lower portion of the longitudinal portion 142 and a lower portion of the lateral portion 144. The protruded portion

146 is provided with a vertical hole 148. In addition, in this embodiment, the top portion of the protruded portion 146 is inclined downwards from the lateral portion 144 in the longitudinal direction of the playpen 100. Likewise, each of the comer blocks 140a, 140b and 140d has a longitudinal portion 142 extending in the longitudinal direction of the playpen 100, a lateral portion 144 extending in the lateral direction of the playpen 100 and a protruded portion 146 inwardly protruded between lower portions of the longitudinal portion 142 and the lateral portion 144. Also, the protruded portion 146 of each comer block is provided with a vertical hole 148, and the top portion of the protruded portion 146 is inclined downwards from the lateral portion 144 in the longitudinal direction of the playpen 100. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that the vertical hole 148 may be a vertical through hole or a vertical blind hole, and the top portion of the protruded portion 146 may horizontally extend without any inclination, provided that they can achieve their functions which will be described in detail later. Figure 4 also shows a portion of one of the supporting rods of the bassinet 200, which has an end portion which can be inserted into the vertical hole 148 of the comer block as will be described in detail later.

With reference to Figures 2 and 3 again, the supporting frame 130 includes four vertical rods fixedly connected to the comer blocks 140a to 140d, respectively. The four vertical rods of the supporting frame 13 0 connect the upper frame I 10 and the bottom frame 120 at respective comers by being fixedly connected to the comer blocks 140a to 140d. The bottom frame 120 may take any form, provided that it can be connected to the vertical rods of the supporting frame 130 to firmly and stably support the playpen 100 on the ground. Since the precise structure of the supporting frame 130, the bottom frame 120 or the connection therebetween is not critical to the present invention, the structure of the supporting frame 130 or the bottom frame 120 will not be further described or illustrated in detail herein.

The fabric body 15 0 wraps around the horizontal rods 112, 114, 116 and 118 of the upper frame I 10 and the vertical rods of the supporting frame 13 0 so as to be supported by the upper frame I 10 and the supporting frame 13 0 to form the peripheral surface of the playpen 100 and to cover the bottom frame 120. As shown in Figure 3, the fabric body 150 wraps around the first and second longitudinal rods 112 and 116 to form the first and second longitudinal top edges of the playpen 100, respectively,

and around the first and second lateral rods 114 and 118 to form the first and second lateral top edges of the playpen 100, respectively. Since the manner by which the fabric body 150 wraps around and is supported by the respective horizontal and vertical rods is well know to those skilled in the art, it will not be further discussed or illustrated in detail herein.

The peripheral surface of the playpen 100, which is formed by the fabric body 150, includes a first lateral outer fabric side 154 extending downwards from the first lateral top edge (i.e., the first lateral rod 114) of the playpen 100, and a second lateral outer fabric side (not shown) extending downwards from the second lateral top edge (i.e., the second lateral rod 118) of the playpen 100. As shown in Figure 3, in this embodiment, as connecting means, five snap button female members 164 linearly aligned in the lateral direction of the playpen 100 are provided on the first lateral outer fabric side 154 at a position away from the first lateral top edge of the playpen 100 by a predetermined distance. Likewise, although not shown in the figures, five snap button female members linearly aligned in the lateral direction of the playpen 100 are also provided, as connecting means, on the second lateral outer fabric side at a position away from the second lateral top edge of the playpen 100 by the same predetermined distance. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that the connecting means is not limited to the snap buttons, and any other connecting structure may be used to replace the snap buttons as connecting means. Also, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that the number of the snap button female members is not limited to five but may be more or less, and the arrangement of the female members is not limit to be linear in the lateral direction of the playpen, provided that the function which will described in detail later can be achieved thereby.

Next, the structure of the baby bassinet 200 of the preferred embodiment of the baby playpen-bassinet combination according to the present invention will be described by mainly referring to Figure 3. As shown in Figure 3, the bassinet 200 includes a main body 210, first and second suspension sleeves 202 and 206, first and second extension portions 204 and 208, first and second supporting rods 212 and 216 and a bottom plate 240. Preferably, the main body 210, the first and second suspension sleeves 202 and 206 and the first and second extension portions 204 and 208 of the bassinet 200 are integrally formed by stitching a fabric. It goes without

saying that the longitudinal and lateral directions of the bassinet 200 correspond to the longitudinal and lateral directions of the playpen 100, respectively.

As shown in Figure 3, the main body 210 of the bassinet 200 is integrally forined with a first longitudinal side 222 and a second longitudinal side 226 parallel to each other, a first lateral side 224 and a second lateral side (not shown) parallel to each other and perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal sides 222 and 226 and a bottom 230. The first suspension sleeve 202 of the bassinet 200 is integrally connected to the top edge of the first longitudinal side 222 of the main body 210 and extends in the longitudinal direction of the bassinet 200 substantially over the entire longitudinal length of the bassinet 200. Likewise, the second suspension sleeve 206 is integrally connected to the top edge of the second longitudinal side 226 of the main body 210 and extends in the longitudinal direction of the bassinet 200 substantially over the entire longitudinal length of the bassinet 200.

In this embodiment, the first extension portion 204 of the bassinet 200 is integrally connected at one edge thereof to the top edge of the first lateral side 224 of the main body 210 with the other edge opposite to the connected edge being a free edge. In the vicinity of the free edge of the first extension portion 204, five snap button male members 264 linearly aligned in the lateral direction of the bassinet 200 and protruded towards the bottom 230 of the main body 210 when the first extension portion 204 is horizontally pulled outwardly of the bassinet 200 are provided as connecting means engageable with the connecting means of the playpen 100 described above.

Likewise, the second extension portion 208 of the bassinet 200 is integrally connected at one edge thereof to the top edge of the second lateral side of the main body 210 with the other edge opposite to the connected edge being a free edge. Althouah not shown in the figures, in the vicinity of the free edge of the second extension portion 208, five snap button male members linearly aligned in the lateral direction of the bassinet 200 and protruded towards the bottom 230 of the main body 210 when the second extension portion 208 is horizontally pulled outwardly of the bassinet 200 are also provided as connecting means engageable with the connecting means of the playpen 100 described above. As will be described in detail later, when the bassinet 200 is mounted on the top of the playpen 100, the five snap button male members 264 of the first extension portion 204 and the five snap button male

members of the second extension portion 208 of the bassinet 200 engages with the five snap button female members 164 of the first lateral outer fabric side 154 and the five snap button female members of the second lateral outer fabric side of the playpen 100, respectively.

The first supporting rod 212 of the bassinet 200 is designed to include two substantially perpendicularly bent end portions 212a. In addition, the size and length of the first supporting rod 212 are design such that it can pass through the first suspension sleeve 202 of the bassinet 200 easily with the two end portions 212a thereof protruded out of respective ends of the sleeve 202. Likewise, the second supporting rod 216 of the bassinet 200 is designed to include two substantially perpendicularly bent end portions 216a, and the size and length of the second supporting rod 216 are design such that it can pass through the second suspension sleeve 206 of the bassinet 200 easily with the two end portions 216a thereof protruded out of respective ends of the sleeve 206, As will be described in detail later, the end portions 212a and 216a of the first and second supporting rods 212 and 216 are designed such that they can be inserted into the respective vertical holes 148 of the comer blocks 140a to 140d of the playpen 100 described above.

In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 3, the second supporting rod 216 consists of a first rod section 216b and a second rod section 216c. The first rod section 216b has at one end thereof the bent end portion 2- 1 6a and at the other end thereof a free end. The second rod section 216c has at one end thereof the bent end portion 216a and at the other end thereof a large diameter portion for receiving the free end of the first rod section 216b so as to form the complete second supporting rod 216. Likewise, the first supporting rod 212 has the same structure. In Figure 3, the second supporting rod 216 is shown in a state that the first and second rod sections 216b and 216c thereof are separate, while the first supporting rod 212 is shown in an assembled state. Such a two-section design facilitates the assembling and storage of the playpen-bassinet combination. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that the structure of the supporting rod is not limited to such a two-section design. Instead, the supporting rod may be a single rod piece or may consist of more than two rod sections, provided that the function thereof can be achieved. The supporting rod may be formed from any suitable metal material, such as iron.

The following description is directed to the mounting operation of suspending the bassinet 200 from the top of the playpen 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the baby playpen-bassinet combination of the present invention.

First, respective rod sections are connected to form the complete first and second supporting rods 212 and 216 of the bassinet 200. Then, the first supporting rod 212 is inserted through the first suspension sleeve 202 of the bassinet 200 until the two end portions 212a thereof are protruded out of respective ends of the sleeve 202. Since the length, i.e., the distance between the two end portions 212a, of the first supporting rod 212 corresponds to the distance between the vertical holes 148 of the comer blocks 140a and 140d of the playpen 100, the two end portions 212a of the first suppor-ting rod 212 can then be easily and conveniently inserted into the vertical holes 148 of the comer blocks 140a and 140d, respectively. By this, the first supporting rod 212 is supported on the comer blocks 140a and 140d of the playpen 100 so that the first longitudinal side 222 of the main body 210 of the bassinet 200 is suspended from the first supporting rod 212 through the first suspension sleeve 202.

Next, the second supporting rod 216 is inserted through the second suspension sleeve 206 of the bassinet 200 until the two end portions 216a thereof are protruded out of respective ends of the sleeve 206. Likewise, since the distance between the two end portions 216a of the second supporting rod 216 corresponds to the distance between the vertical holes 148 of the comer blocks 140b and 140c of the playpen 100, the two end portions 216a of the second supporting rod 216 can then be easily and conveniently inserted into the vertical holes 148 of the comer blocks 140b and 140c, respectively. By this, the second supporting rod 216 is supported on the comer blocks 140b and 140c of the playpen 100 so that the second longitudinal side 226 of the main body 210 of the bassinet 200 is suspended from the second supporting rod 216 through the second suspension sleeve 206.

As described above, the top portion of the protruded portion 146 of each of the comer blocks 140a to 140d is inclined downwards from the lateral portion 144 of the comer block in the longitudinal direction. Thus, it is not only easy to insert the end portions 212a and 216a of the supporting rods 212 and 216 into the vertical holes 148, but also the bent points of the end portions 212a and 216a having been inserted into the ver-tical holes 148 can be stably retained from both sides thereof by the inclined top portion of the protruded portion 146 without wobbling in the lateral direction.

Then, the first extension portion 204 of the bassinet 200 is pulled outwards around the first lateral top edge, i.e., the first lateral rod 114 wrapped with the fabric body 150, of the playpen 100, so that it extends downwards in parallel with the first lateral outer fabric side 154 of the playpen 100 until the five snap button male members 264 provided on the first extension portion 204 face the five snap button female members 164 provided on the first lateral outer fabric side 154. Then, the five snap button male members 264 of the bassinet 200 can be engaged with the five snap button female members 164 of the playpen 100. By such engagement, the first lateral side 224 of the main body 210 of the bassinet 200 is suspended from the first lateral top edge of the playpen 100 through the first extension portion 204.

Likewise, the second extension portion 208 of the bassinet 200 is pulled outwards around the second lateral top edge, i.e., the second lateral rod 118 wrapped with the fabric body 150, of the playpen 100, so that it extends downwards in parallel with the second lateral outer fabric side of the playpen 100 until the five snap button male members provided on the second extension portion 208 face the five snap button female members provided on the second lateral outer fabric side. Then, the five snap button male members of the bassinet 200 can be engaged with the five snap button female members of the playpen 100, By such engagement, the second lateral side of the main body 210 of the bassinet 200 is suspended from the second lateral top edge of the playpen 100 through the second extension portion 208.

Lastly, the bottom plate 240 of the bassinet 200 is placed on the bottom 230 of the main body 210 of the bassinet 200, which is received within a space defined by the rods 112, 114, 116 and 118 of the playpen 100, to thereby complete the mounting operation of suspending the bassinet 200 from the top of the playpen 100.

From the above description of the preferred embodiment of the baby playpen- bassinet combination according to the present invention, it can be seen that the bassinet can be safely and stably suspended from the top of the playpen by the supporting rods and the snap buttons which are inexpensive to manufacture. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that the provisions of the snap button male and female members may be interchanged. That is, the bassinet is provided with snap button female members while the playpen is provided with snap button male members. It is also apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure that any other known connecting structure which is

inexpensive to manufacture may be used to replace the snap buttons. For example, buckles may be used instead of the snap buttons.

Hence, while only one embodiment has been chosen to illustrate the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that various changes and modifications can be made herein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. Furthermore, the forgoing description of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention is provided for illustration only, and not for the purpose of limiting the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

What is claimed is: 1. A baby playpen-bassinet combination comprising: a playpen comprising: an upper frame including two horizontal longitudinal rods parallel to each other, two horizontal lateral rods parallel to each other and perpendicular to said two longitudinal rods and four comer blocks each fixedly connecting one of said two longitudinal rods and one of said two lateral rods, wherein each of said four comer blocks is provided with a vertical hole; a supporting frame fixedly connected to said four comer blocks of said upper frame; a bottom frame fixedly connected to said supporting frame; and a fabric body wrapping around said two longitudinal rods, said two lateral rods and said supporting frame so as to form a peripheral surface of said playpen and cover said bottom frame, wherein said peripheral surface includes two lateral outer fabric sides extending downwards from said two lateral rods, respectively, and provided with first connecting means, respectively; and a bassinet detachably mounted onto said upper frame of said playpen, comprising: a main body received within a space defined by said two longitudinal rods and said two lateral rods of said playpen, wherein said main body includes two longitudinal sides parallel to each other, two lateral sides parallel to each other and perpendicular to said two longitudinal dies and a bottom; two suspension sleeves connected to said two longitudinal sides of said main body so as to extend longitudinally, respectively; two extension portions connected to said two lateral sides of said main body so as to extend therefrom, respectively, and provided with second connecting means engageable with said first connecting means of said playpen, respectively, wherein said two extension portions extend around said two lateral rods of said playpen, respectively, so as to be fixedly connected to said two lateral outer fabric sides of said peripheral surface of said playpen, respectively, through engagement between said first and second connecting means; two supporting rods each having two substantially perpendicularly bent end portions and passing through said two suspension sleeves, respectively, so that

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said two end portions of each of said two supporting rods are protruded outside of said sleeve to be respectively inserted into said vertical holes of two of said comer blocks fixedly connected at two ends of said longitudinal rod of said playpen, so that each of said two supporting rods is supported on two of said comer blocks; and a bottom plate placed on said bottom of said main body.
2. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein said first connecting means comprises a plurality of snap button female members, and wherein said second connecting means comprises a plurality of snap button male members.
3. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim 2 wherein said plurality of snap button female members and said plurality of snap button male members are laterally linearly aligned.
4. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein said first connecting means comprises a plurality of snap button male members, and wherein said second connecting means comprises a plurality of snap button female members.
5. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim 4 wherein said plurality of snap button male members and said plurality of snap button female members are laterally linearly aligned.
6. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein each of said four comer blocks comprises a longitudinal portion for fixedly connecting said horizontal longitudinal rod, a lateral portion for fixedly connecting said horizontal lateral rod and a protruded portion integrally inwardly protruded between a lower portion of said longitudinal portion and a lower portion of said lateral portion, and wherein said vertical hole is provided in said protruded portion.
7. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim 6 wherein said vertical hole is a through hole.
8. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim 6 wherein said vertical hole is a blind hole.
9. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim 6 wherein said protruded portion has a top portion inclined downwards from said lateral portion.
10. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein each of said two supporting rods is formed by connecting two or more supporting rod sections.

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11. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein said main body, said two suspension sleeves and said two extension portions of said bassinet are integrally formed by stitching a fabric.
12. A baby playpen-bassinet combination according to claim I wherein said comer blocks are formed from plastic or metal material, and wherein said supporting rods are formed from metal material such as iron.