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A child containment system has a child containment structure with a bottom, a top rail, and a surrounding side wall that can be arranged to extend between the bottom and the top rail. An infant sleeping apparatus has a fabric bed and a frame. A connector arrangement includes at least one connector c

A child containment system has a child containment structure with a bottom, a top rail, and a surrounding side wall that can be arranged to extend between the bottom and the top rail. An infant sleeping apparatus has a fabric bed and a frame. A connector arrangement includes at least one connector carried on a portion of the child containment system and at least one connector part carried on the infant sleeping apparatus. The infant sleeping apparatus is removably mountable to the child containment structure with the fabric bed above the bottom and with the connector part coupled to the connector at a position that is below the top rail.

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1. A child containment system comprising: a child containment structure having a bottom, a plurality of top rails, a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of corner brackets, and a wall between the bottom and the plurality of top rails, the plurality of top rails including at least two end rails an

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A child containment system comprising: a child containment structure having a bottom, a plurality of top rails, a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of corner brackets, and a wall between the bottom and the plurality of top rails, the plurality of top rails including at least two end rails and at least two side rails that can be arranged relative to one another to approximate a rectangular shape;a bassinet having at least one bottom panel and a bassinet wall, the bassinet being removably mountable to the child containment structure with the at least one bottom panel elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure;at least two tubular receptacles carried on a portion of the child containment structure, wherein each of the at least two tubular receptacles is positioned on the portion of the child containment structure that is vertically below each of the plurality of top rails and each of the plurality of corner brackets and oriented generally vertically;an infant sleeping apparatus removably mountable to the child containment structure and having a fabric bed and a frame around the fabric bed, the frame including a bent tubular hoop or loop shape;at least two connector parts directed generally downward from the frame, the at least two tubular receptacles each being sized to receive a respective one of the at least two connector parts therein,wherein, when the infant sleeping apparatus is mounted to the child containment structure, the at least two connector parts are received in the respective at least two tubular receptacles and the fabric bed is positioned above the at least one bottom panel of the bassinet. 2. A child containment system comprising: a child containment structure having a bottom, a plurality of top rails, a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of corner brackets and a wall between the bottom and the plurality of top rails;a bassinet having at least one bottom panel and a bassinet wall, the bassinet being removably mountable to the child containment structure within the wall with the at least one bottom panel elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure;at least two connectors carried on a portion of the child containment system, wherein each of the at least two connectors is positioned on the portion of the child containment system that is vertically below each of the plurality of top rails and each of the plurality of corner brackets and oriented generally vertically; andan infant sleeping apparatus removably mountable to the child containment structure and having a fabric bed and a frame, the frame including a bent tubular structure with portions that are generally horizontal and at least two connector parts that are directed generally downward when the infant sleeping apparatus is mounted to the child containment structure,wherein, when the infant sleeping apparatus is mounted to the child containment structure, the fabric bed of the infant sleeping apparatus is positioned above the at least one bottom panel of the bassinet and the at least two connector parts are slidably engaged with a respective one of the at least two connectors. 3. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein each of the at least two connector parts is an extension of or is connected to the bent tubular structure. 4. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein each of the at least two connectors is carried on at least one of the plurality of corner posts. 5. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of top rails includes at least two end rails and at least two side rails that can be arranged relative to one another to approximate a rectangular shape. 6. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the frame is a hoop or loop shaped structure around a perimeter of the fabric bed. 7. A child containment system according to claim 6, where the hoop or loop shaped structure includes elongate curved frame sections along sides of the perimeter of the fabric bed and generally linear frame sections along ends of the perimeter of the fabric bed. 8. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the wall of the child containment structure is a side wall surrounding the bottom and wherein the bassinet wall is a perimeter side wall around the at least one bottom panel. 9. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the fabric bed is suspended from the frame above the at least one bottom panel of the bassinet. 10. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the at least two connector parts are each a downwardly bent leg portion of the frame. 11. A child containment system according to claim 10, wherein the at least two connectors are tubular receptacles sized to receive a respective one of the downwardly bent leg portions therein. 12. A child containment system according to claim 2, wherein the at least two connectors are tubular receptacles. 13. A child containment system comprising: a child containment structure having a bottom, at least one top rail, a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of corner brackets and a surrounding side wall that can be arranged to extend between the bottom and the at least one top rail;at least one connector carried on a portion of the child containment system, wherein the at least one connector is positioned on the portion of the child containment system that is vertically below each of the plurality of top rails and each of the plurality of corner brackets; andan infant sleeping apparatus having at least one fabric panel and a frame, the frame including at least one connector part,wherein the infant sleeping apparatus can be removably mounted to the child containment structure with the at least one fabric panel positioned above the bottom and the at least one connector part coupled to the connector. 14. A child containment system according to claim 13, further comprising: a bassinet having at least one bottom panel and a perimeter side wall, wherein the bassinet can be removably mounted to the surrounding side wall of the child containment structure with the at least one bottom panel elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure and below the at least one fabric panel of the infant sleeping apparatus. 15. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the frame is a tubular structure and the at least one connector part is a generally downwardly bent extension of the tubular structure or is a connector directed generally downwardly and attached to the tubular structure. 16. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one connector is carried on the outside of the child containment structure. 17. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one connector comprises two of the connectors and wherein the at least one connector part comprises two of the connector parts. 18. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one top rail includes at least two end rails and at least two side rails that can be arranged relative to one another to approximate a rectangular shape. 19. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one connector is a generally vertically oriented tubular receptacle. 20. A child containment system according to claim 19, wherein the at least one connector part is a generally downward directed leg extending from the frame and wherein the tubular receptacle is sized to receive the leg. 21. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one connector part is an extension of the frame. 22. A child containment system according to claim 13, wherein the at least one connector part is attached to the frame. 23. A child containment system comprising: a child containment structure having a bottom, a top rail, a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of corner brackets, and a surrounding side wall that can be arranged to extend between the bottom and the top rail;an infant sleeping apparatus having a fabric bed and a frame; anda connector arrangement including at least one connector carried on a portion at least one of the plurality of corner posts below the plurality of corner brackets of the child containment system and at least one connector part carried on the infant sleeping apparatus, wherein the infant sleeping apparatus is removably mountable to the child containment structure with the fabric bed above the bottom and with the connector part coupled to the connector at a position that is below the top rail, wherein the at least one connector has an opening, and wherein the at least one connector part can be slid downward into the respective opening and into a receptacle of a corresponding at least one connector. 24. A child containment system according to claim 23, further comprising: a bassinet having a bottom panel and a perimeter side wall, wherein the bassinet can be removably mounted to the surrounding side wall of the child containment structure with the bottom panel elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure, whereby the fabric bed of the infant sleeping apparatus is positioned above the bottom panel of the bassinet. 25. A child containment system according to claim 23, wherein the at least one connector includes two of the connectors, and wherein each of the two connectors has a generally vertically oriented opening. 26. A child containment system according to claim 25, wherein the at least one connector part includes two of the connector parts, and wherein each of the two connector parts can be slid downward into the respective opening and into a receptacle of a corresponding one of the two connectors. 27. A child containment system according to claim 23, wherein the at least one connector is a tubular receptacle, and wherein the at least one connector part is an elongate element received in the tubular receptacle. 28. A child containment system according to claim 27, wherein the tubular receptacle is oriented vertically and the elongate element is a leg directed vertically downward, the tubular receptacle sized to receive the leg therein. 29. A child containment system according to claim 23, wherein the at least one connector part includes two of the connector parts, and wherein the two connector parts each are an extension of the frame of the infant sleeping apparatus. 30. A child containment system according to claim 29, wherein the two connector parts each are oriented to generally downwardly depend from a portion of the frame, wherein the at least one connector includes two of the connectors, and wherein the two connectors are each configured to slidably and generally downwardly receive a respective one of the two connector parts.