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Foldable playyard comprising upper and lower frame assemblies. The lower frame assembly comprises a unitary central hub member, corner leg connecting members preferably in the form of support feet, and hub legs diverging radially outwardly from the hub member. The upper frame assembly includes corne

Foldable playyard comprising upper and lower frame assemblies. The lower frame assembly comprises a unitary central hub member, corner leg connecting members preferably in the form of support feet, and hub legs diverging radially outwardly from the hub member. The upper frame assembly includes corner rail connecting members and pairs of in-line side rails which are pivotably coupled at their outer ends to adjacent corner rail connecting members and at their inner ends to a medial rail connecting member. Corner legs interconnect and are freely coupled to the upper and lower frame assemblies. In one embodiment, the medial rail connecting member houses a hand releasable latch mechanism. In other embodiments, a hand releasable latch mechanism is rotatable with the side rails between latched and released positions. When the playyard is erected, the hub legs and side rails maintain the corner legs upstanding in a spread configuration. When the hub legs and side rails are collapsed, they draw the corner legs towards the hub member and into a compact configuration. For safety purposes, the rail pairs cannot be collapsed unless the latch mechanism is released. A discrete foldable floor having rigid sections is foldable into a box-shape for carrying the collapsed playyard.

대표청구항 ▼

Foldable playyard, comprising: a unitary central hub member, a lower frame assembly comprising corner leg connecting members and hub legs each pivotably coupled at one end portion thereof to said hub member and pivotably coupled at an opposite end portion thereof to one of said lower frame assembly

Foldable playyard, comprising: a unitary central hub member, a lower frame assembly comprising corner leg connecting members and hub legs each pivotably coupled at one end portion thereof to said hub member and pivotably coupled at an opposite end portion thereof to one of said lower frame assembly corner leg connecting members such that said hub legs are collapsible by pivoting said hub legs from a substantially co-planar spread configuration wherein said hub legs diverge radially outwardly from said hub member to a compact non-coplanar configuration wherein said hub legs are substantially parallel, an upper frame assembly comprising corner rail connecting members and side rail means each comprising a pair of side rails and a medial rail connecting member disposed therebetween, each of said rails being pivotably coupled at one end portion thereof to one of said upper frame assembly corner rail connecting members and pivotably coupled at an opposite end portion thereof to said medial rail connecting member such that said pair of rails is collapsible by pivoting said rails from a substantially in-line configuration to a substantially V-shaped configuration, and corner legs interconnecting said upper and lower frame assemblies, each fixedly coupled at one end portion thereof to one of said lower frame assembly corner leg connecting members and fixedly coupled at an opposite end portion thereof to one of said upper frame assembly corner rail connecting members such that said corner legs are collapsible radially inwardly towards said hub member from a substantially parallel configuration wherein said corner legs are spread apart by said hub legs and side rail means to a substantially parallel compact configuration wherein said corner legs are drawn together by said hub legs and side rails means.