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A juvenile playyard including a bassinet assembly mountable on a frame of the playyard and including a bassinet couplable to the frame in a use position across a portion of a top opening of the playyard.

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We claim: 1. A playyard comprising a frame including a fabric frame cover overlying the frame, two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails, the two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails cooperating to form a top opening of the playyard, a bassinet assembly mountable

We claim: 1. A playyard comprising a frame including a fabric frame cover overlying the frame, two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails, the two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails cooperating to form a top opening of the playyard, a bassinet assembly mountable on the frame and including a cross-bar couplable to the playyard in a position spanning across the top opening at substantially a midpoint of each of the two spaced-apart side rails, and a fabric bassinet coupled to the cross-bar and configured to be extendable across a portion of the top opening and removably couplable to portions of the fabric frame cover overlying the two spaced-apart side rails and one of the two spaced-apart end rails, thereby placing the fabric bassinet in a use position; and wherein the fabric bassinet includes a plurality of bassinet connectors and the fabric frame cover includes a plurality of receivers on an exterior surface of the fabric frame cover, each bassinet connector configured to be coupled to one of the plurality of receivers to form a first coupling. 2. The playyard of claim 1, wherein each bassinet connector is coupled to one of the plurality of receivers in an upward direction toward the top opening of the playyard to form the coupling, thereby removably securing the fabric bassinet to the fabric frame cover in the use position. 3. The playyard of claims 2, wherein when one or more of an upward and downward force is exerted on the fabric bassinet in the use position, each first coupling remains coupled, thereby preventing an uncoupling of the fabric bassinet from the fabric frame cover. 4. The playyard of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of bassinet connectors are U-shaped clips. 5. The playyard of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of receivers is a loop formed on the exterior surface of the fabric frame cover. 6. The playyard of claim 5, wherein each of the U-shaped clips is coupled to one of the loops in an upward direction toward the top opening of the playyard to form a coupling and removably secure the fabric bassinet to the fabric frame cover. 7. The playyard of claim 1, further including a pair of side rail locking mechanisms, each side rail locking mechanism located at substantially a mid-point of one of the two spaced-apart side rails, and each side rail locking mechanism including a protruding element extending exterior to the playyard. 8. The playyard of claim 1, further including a floor mat configured to be foldable and insertable into the fabric bassinet to form a solid bottom in the fabric bassinet when the fabric bassinet is coupled to the fabric frame cover in the use position. 9. The playyard of claim 1, wherein the fabric bassinet further includes a pair of fabric frame connectors and the fabric frame cover includes a pair of fabric receivers, each fabric frame connector configured to be coupled to one of the pair of fabric receivers to form a second coupling, each second coupling being located immediately adjacent an intersection of one of the two spaced-apart end rails and the two spaced-apart side rails, and each second coupling acting to minimize a gap between the fabric bassinet and the fabric frame cover at one of the intersections. 10. The playyard of claim 9, wherein the first and second couplings cooperate to prevent an uncoupling of the fabric bassinet from the fabric frame cover when an upward force is exerted on the fabric bassinet in a use position from within the top opening. 11. A playyard comprising a frame including a fabric frame cover overlying the frame, two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails, the two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails cooperating to form a top opening of the playyard, a bassinet assembly mountable on the frame and including a cross-bar couplable to the playyard in a position spanning across the top opening at substantially a midpoint of each of the two spaced-apart side rails, and a fabric bassinet coupled to the cross-bar and configured to be extendable across a portion of the top opening and removably couplable to portions of the fabric frame cover overlying the two spaced-apart side rails and one of the two spaced-apart end rails, thereby placing the fabric bassinet in a use position; further including a pair of side rail locking mechanisms, each side rail locking mechanism located at substantially a mid-point of one of the two spaced-apart side rails, and each side rail locking mechanism including a protruding element extending exterior to the playyard; and wherein the cross-bar includes a pair of frame connectors, each frame connector including a through-opening configured to be coupled to one of the protruding elements. 12. The playyard of claim 11, wherein each protruding element includes a ridge on a surface of the protruding element external to the playyard, the ridge configured to cooperate with the through-opening to removably couple the cross-bar to the pair of side rail locking mechanisms. 13. The playyard of claim 12, wherein each of the frame connectors includes a free end configured to be manipulable by a person's finger to uncouple each frame connector from a respective protruding element. 14. A playyard comprising a frame including a fabric frame cover, two side rails and first and second end rails, the two side rails and the first and second end rails cooperating to form a top opening of the playyard, a bassinet assembly including a cross-bar mountable on the frame at a midpoint of each of the two side rails and configured to span across the top opening, and a fabric bassinet coupled to the cross-bar and removably coupled in a use position across a portion of the top opening to portions of the fabric frame cover overlying the two side rails and the first end rail, a plurality of bassinet connectors on the fabric bassinet and a plurality of receivers on the fabric frame cover, each of the bassinet connectors being removably couplable in an upward direction toward the top opening to one of the plurality of receivers on the fabric frame cover to form a first coupling, and when an upward or downward force is exerted on the fabric bassinet in a use position from within the top opening, each of the first couplings remain coupled, thereby preventing an uncoupling of the fabric bassinet from the fabric frame cover. 15. The playyard of claim 14, wherein the cross-bar includes a pair of frame connectors couplable to side rail locking mechanisms on each side rail. 16. The playyard of claim 15, wherein each frame connector includes an elongated side having a through-opening and each side rail locking mechanism includes a protruding element, the through-opening and protruding element configured to cooperate to removably couple the cross-bar to the frame. 17. The playyard of claim 16, wherein the elongated side includes a lip configured to be manipulable by a person's finger to uncouple the frame connector from the protruding element, thereby permitting an uncoupling of the cross-bar from the frame. 18. The playyard of claim 14, wherein the plurality of bassinet connectors includes U-shaped clips and the plurality of receivers includes loops formed on an exterior surface of the fabric frame cover. 19. The playyard of claim 14, wherein the fabric bassinet includes a pair of fabric connectors and the fabric frame cover includes a pair of fabric receivers, each fabric connector and fabric receiver configured to cooperate to form a second coupling, each second coupling configured to minimize the size of a gap formed between the fabric bassinet and the fabric frame cover. 20. The playyard of claim 19, wherein the second couplings being located immediately adjacent an intersection of one of the two spaced-apart end rails and the two spaced-apart side rails, and the second couplings cooperating with the first couplings to prevent an uncoupling of the fabric bassinet from the fabric frame cover when an upward force is exerted on the fabric bassinet in a use position from within the top opening. 21. A playyard comprising frame including a fabric frame cover overlying the frame, two space-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails, the two spaced-apart side rails and two spaced-apart end rails cooperating to form a top opening of the playyard, a fabric bassinet including a cross-bar mountable on the frame across the top opening at substantially a midpoint of each of the two spaced-apart side rails, and means for coupling the fabric bassinet to the fabric frame cover in a use position and to maintain the fabric bassinet in the use position when an upward or downward force is exerted on the fabric bassinet from within the top opening; and wherein the means includes connectors on the fabric bassinet and receivers on the fabric frame cover configured to be coupled together. 22. The playyard of claim 21, wherein the connectors are U-shaped clips and the receivers are loops. 23. The playyard of claim 22, wherein each of the U-shaped clips is coupled to one of the loops in an upward direction toward the top opening to form a coupling and when one or more of an upward and downward force is exerted from within the top opening on the fabric bassinet in the use position, each coupling remains coupled and prevents an undesired uncoupling of the fabric bassinet from the fabric frame cover.