Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
  • A47D9/00—Cradles ; Bassinets
  • A47D9/012—Cradles ; Bassinets with adjustable parts
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
  • A47D9/00—Cradles ; Bassinets
  • A47D9/016—Cradles ; Bassinets capable of being suspended from, or attached to, other articles or structures, e.g. adult's bed

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a baby crib having a substantially rectangular shape, with a bottom having a mattress of conventional thickness and with perimeter walls made of a flexible material, said bottom and said walls being supported by a frame composed of rod-like elements, wherein at least one of the perimeter walls of greater longitudinal extent comprises a portion that can be detached from the adjacent walls and overturned toward the exterior of the crib on the same wall by being folded around a line substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom of the crib, and wherein the frame of the crib has support members (or legs) that can be adjusted to increase and/or decrease the height of the crib.
• Baby cribs of the above mentioned type are well known in the art and may be particularly used next to ad adult bed, namely the bed of the mother or the person who cares for the baby at night, due to the possibility of adapting the height of the crib to the height of the bed (to create a seamless, stepless surface) .
• the crib wall portion that can be detached from the adjacent walls and overturned toward its own wall, will form an opening through which the person who cares for the baby may access the baby without rising from his/her bed .
• the object of the present invention is to provide a baby crib that has such a structure as to obviate the above mentioned drawback.
• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the crib of the invention, in a form involving its use in a position far from an adult bed;
• Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the crib of the invention, in a form involving its use next to the side of an adult bed
• Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the support frame of the crib when the latter is in the form of Figure 1;
• Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the support frame of the crib when the latter is in the configuration as shown in Figure 2 ;
• Figure 5 shows the plan view of the support frame of the crib of Figure 4.
• the baby crib of the invention has a substantially rectangular plan shape with perimeter walls 1, 2, 3 and 4 made of a flexible material, preferably a textile material. Conventionally, these walls also have paddings in certain portions thereof.
• the opposed walls 2 and 4 have a greater longitudinal extent than the opposed walls 1 and
• the crib has a bottom 5 which may accommodate a conventional mattress, not shown, whose thickness, for example ranges from 25 to 70 mm, and is preferably 50 mm. At least one of the perimeter walls of greater longitudinal extent, in the illustrated example the wall
• the wall 4 is connected to the adjacent walls 1 and 3 by means of quick reversible detachment means, such as zippers, schematically referenced 8.
• the detachable and overturnable portion 6 of the wall 4 contains an area, referenced 6a, of adequate size, made of a transparent flexible material.
• the line 7 around which said portion 6 of the wall 4 is overturned is spaced from the bottom 5 of the crib, by the provision of a stationary portion 9 of the wall 4.
• the height of the stationary portion 9 relative to the plane of the bottom 5 of the crib, with the addition of the conventional thickness of a mattress, not shown, is such that a substantially cylindrical body having a diameter of about 200 mm, a length of about 300 mm and a weight of about 15 kg, when left free to roll on the crib mattress, assuming the latter is tilted about 15 degrees from the bottom 5, from the side proximate the side wall 2 opposite to that 4 comprising said detachable and overturnable portion 6 toward the stationary portion 9 of the wall, is stopped by the latter.
• the distance of the line 7 from the bottom 5 of the crib ranges from 100 to 250 mm, and is preferably 150 mm.
• the walls, 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the bottom 5 that form together the crib of the invention are supported by a frame composed of rod-like elements, generally referenced 10.
• the frame 10 is shown in the arrangement that it takes when the crib is in the configuration of Figure 1, i.e. a conventional use, with the portion 6 of the wall not overturned.
• Said frame 10 comprises support members 11, 12, preferably a pair of vertical posts 11 and 12.
• the vertical posts 11, 12 have an inverted T shape.
• the transverse arm of the T shape forms the base of the posts .
• each transverse arm of the T shape underlying the crib wall 4 with the detachable and overturnable wall portion 6 has a respective end section, 13a, 14a that can be folded at an angle relative to the rod itself, by pivoting about respective pins 13b and 14b.
• This structure of the posts 11 and 12 of the support frame of the crib can reduce the transverse dimensions of the crib at its supports, as more particularly shown in Figure 4, for it to be moved as close as possible to the side of a bed of an adult that may take care of the baby at night without having to get up, by simply overturning the portion 6 of the wall 4.
• the rod-like elements 15 and 16 are fixed to the posts 15 and 16 and are connected by conventional arrangements to the rod-like elements 17 and 18. These elements are connected by conventional arrangements to the upper free edges la, 2a, 3a, 4a of the walls 1, 2, 3, 4 of the crib, and are thus supported in their vertical position.
• the posts 11, 12 are configured to increase and/or decrease the height of the crib from the ground, such that the crib and its mattress may be brought to the same height as the mattress of the bed against which the crib is moved.
• the posts 11, 12 are of telescopic type and have lock members (of conventional and per-se known type) for stable configuration thereof at different heights.
• the posts 11, 12 are preferably placed at the side walls 1, 3 of smaller extent (those adjacent to the overturnable wall 4) . It shall be noted that the columns 11, 12 may be configured to allow the bottom 5 to be tilted relative to the ground.
• the crib For the crib to maintain its position once it is moved close to the bed, the crib comprises at least one belt (not shown), which is rigidly joined to the frame and can be closed around an element of the bed.
• the belt is of extensible type (by means of appropriate buckles) and is rigidly joined to the above mentioned rod-like element 20 that supports the bottom 5 of the crib .
• a rod-like element is connected to the element 20 and extends in the stationary portion 9 of the wall 4 with the detachable and overturnable portion 6.
• This element 21 comprises a pair of opposed sections 22 which extend along the height of said stationary portion 9 from the plane of the bottom 5 of the crib and at least one section 23 which extends along at least one middle section of the length of said stationary wall portion 9.
• the middle section 23 is smaller in length than the distance between the two side walls 1, 3 adjacent to the overturnable side wall 4. In other words, the length of the middle section 23 is smaller than the width of the overturnable side wall 4, such that the latter may be overturned and attached to the structure of the crib.
• the element 21 is preferably inserted into a pocked formed in the stationary wall portiion 9.
• the presence of the element 21 in the portion 9 imparts the required resistance to the latter, when the upper portion 6 of the wall 4 is overturned around the line 7 to provide free access to the plane of the crib by the person that cares for the baby when the crib is next to the bed.

Landscapes

• Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)
• Mattresses And Other Support Structures For Chairs And Beds (AREA)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=51662262

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (8)

Cited By (4)

Families Citing this family (3)

Citations (4)

• 2015
  • 2015-07-06 ES ES15175458.7T patent/ES2632997T3/es active Active
  • 2015-07-06 DK DK15175458.7T patent/DK2976973T3/en active
  • 2015-07-06 PL PL15175458T patent/PL2976973T3/pl unknown
  • 2015-07-06 PT PT151754587T patent/PT2976973T/pt unknown
  • 2015-07-06 IT ITUB2015A001967A patent/ITUB20151967A1/it unknown
  • 2015-07-06 EP EP15175458.7A patent/EP2976973B1/en active Active
  • 2015-07-22 WO PCT/IB2015/055541 patent/WO2016012955A1/en active Application Filing
  • 2015-07-23 CN CN201520539922.XU patent/CN205093996U/zh not_active Ceased

Patent Citations (4)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events