IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0069717
(2016-03-14)
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등록번호 |
US-10194755
(2019-02-05)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Flannery, Mark A.
- McMahon, Brian M.
- Summers, Caleb
- Linehan, Brian G.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Regalo International, LLC
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인용정보 |
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0 인용 특허 :
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초록
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The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon
The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
대표청구항
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1. A playyard comprising: a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen
1. A playyard comprising: a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame; ande) a set of flexible straps, each of the flexible straps having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate sliding portion disposed between the proximal end portion and distal end portion, the proximal end portion being engaged to the flexible pen, the distal end portion being engaged to the floor, each of the intermediate sliding portions of the flexible straps slidingly engaging the frame adjacent to a respective lower junction when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from said open configuration to the closed configuration, each of the intermediate sliding portions of the flexible straps slidingly engaging the frame adjacent to a respective lower junction when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration. 2. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said floor includes a floor periphery and an inner portion spaced from the floor periphery, and wherein said distal end portion of said flexible strap is engaged to said inner portion of the floor. 3. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said proximal end portion of said flexible strap is engaged to said sidewall. 4. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said flexible strap slidingly engages a flexible pen slot at or adjacent to a flexible pen junction between the floor of the flexible pen and the sidewall of the flexible pen. 5. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said floor includes a floor periphery and an inner portion spaced from the floor periphery, wherein said flexible strap slidingly engages a flexible pen slot at or adjacent to a flexible pen junction between the floor of the flexible pen and the sidewall of the flexible pen, said flexible strap being free of the floor between the inner portion of the floor and the flexible pen slot. 6. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said sidewall includes an upper edge, wherein said flexible pen includes a flexible pen junction between the floor of the flexible pen and the sidewall of the flexible pen, wherein said flexible strap is engaged to said sidewall from an upper location at or adjacent to said upper edge to a lower location spaced from the flexible pen junction between the floor and the sidewall, and wherein said strap is free of the sidewall from said lower location to said flexible pen junction. 7. The playyard of claim 1, wherein the set of flexible straps include first and second flexible straps, the first and second flexible straps being disposed diametrically of each other, the distal end portions of the flexible straps being spaced from each other. 8. The playyard of claim 1, wherein said flexible strap includes a strap portion adjacent to said floor of said pen, said strap portion extending radially toward a center of said floor. 9. The playyard of claim 1, wherein the proximal end portion of the flexible strap is engaged to the flexible pen and an intermediate sliding portion of the flexible strap is free of the flexible pen, and further comprising a quick connection between the proximal end portion that is engaged to the flexible pen and the intermediate sliding portion that is free of the flexible pen. 10. A playyard comprising: a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;e) wherein said frame includes first and second support members with respective first and second lower ends that are pivotally engaged to each other, wherein said lower junction includes said first and second lower ends, wherein said first and second lower ends include bottommost faces;f) wherein said lower junction further includes a foot, said foot pivotally engaged to said lower junction and having a bottommost face that is adjacent to said bottommost faces of said first and second lower ends such that said bottommost face of said foot can rock toward and away from each of the bottommost faces of the first and second lower ends to provide greater stability for the playyard, wherein the foot has a slot; andg) a flexible strap having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being engaged to the sidewall, the distal end being engaged to the floor, wherein said flexible strap is slidingly engaged in said slot. 11. The playyard of claim 10, wherein said first and second lower ends and said foot pivot about a common axis. 12. A playyard comprising: a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;e) the sidewall of the flexible pen having a set of extensions, each of said extensions being paired with and engaged to one of the upper junctions, said extension extending about an upper face, an outer face, an under face, and an inner face of a respective upper junction; andf) a flexible strap, the flexible strap having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion engaged to the floor, and the proximal end portion engaged to the sidewall, and an intermediate sliding portion disposed between the proximal and distal end portion, the intermediate sliding portion slidingly engaging the frame adjacent to a respective lower junction when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration. 13. The playyard of claim 12, wherein said extension includes a distal end, the distal end being engaged to said inner face of said respective upper junction. 14. The playyard of claim 12, wherein said extension extends from said sidewall to said upper face of said upper junction, then extends to said outer face of said upper junction, then extends to said under face of said upper junction, and then extends to said inner face of said upper junction where said distal end is engaged. 15. A playyard comprising: a) a frame, the frame being endless, the frame having upper junctions, intermediate junctions, and lower junctions, the frame being a scissoring frame;b) a flexible pen, the flexible pen engaged to the frame, the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame, the flexible pen including a sidewall, a floor and an open top;c) the frame and flexible pen being foldable up from an open configuration into a closed configuration for storage with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;d) the frame and flexible pen being foldable out from said closed configuration to said open configuration with the flexible pen disposed inwardly of the frame;e) the frame including a set of support member pairs, each support member pair including two support members scissoring relative to each other, each support member pair scissoring out to an expanded X form in the open configuration, each support member pair scissoring in to a retracted X form in the closed configuration;f) each of said upper junctions engaging one support member from one support member pair and another support member from another support member pair;g) each of said intermediate junctions formed where the support members of one pair pivotally engage each other;h) each of said lower junctions engaging one support member from one support member pair and another support member from another support member pair;i) the flexible pen including an upper edge portion, the upper edge portion of the flexible pen being engaged to the frame at the upper junctions;j) the flexible pen including a sidewall-floor junction between the sidewall and the floor;h) a set of floor pulling straps, each of said straps having a proximal end portion engaged to the flexible pen, a floor end portion engaged to the floor of the flexible pen, and a sliding strap portion between the proximal end portion and floor end portion; andi) the frame slidingly engaging the sliding strap portion at each of the lower junctions, the sliding strap portion slidingly engaging the frame when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the sliding strap portion slidingly engaging the frame when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration. 16. The playyard of claim 15, wherein each of the lower junctions of the frame includes a slotted piece engaged thereto, the slotted piece having a slot, each of the slotted pieces engaging one of the straps by said sliding strap portion of said strap passing through said slot of the slotted piece, the sliding strap portion sliding through the slot of the slotted piece when the frame and flexible pen are being folded up from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the sliding strap portion sliding through the slot of the slotted piece when the frame and flexible pen are being folded out from the closed configuration to the open configuration. 17. The playyard of claim 16, wherein each of the lower junctions includes a pivot pin, the slotted piece being engaged to the pivot pin. 18. The playyard of claim 16, wherein each of said straps engages, sequentially, starting from the floor end portion: the floor of the flexible pen, the slot of the slotted piece, and the sidewall-floor junction. 19. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the floor end portion of each of the straps is engaged to the floor at a location spaced from a periphery of the floor. 20. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the floor end portion of each of the straps is engaged to the floor at a location spaced from a periphery of the floor and spaced from a center of the floor. 21. The playyard of claim 15, wherein said floor includes an undersurface, and wherein said sliding strap portion extends radially toward a center of said floor adjacent to said undersurface. 22. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the proximal end portion of the strap is engaged to the sidewall of the flexible pen. 23. The playyard of claim 15, the sidewall being formed of a mesh, the proximal end portion of the strap being engaged to said mesh. 24. The playyard of claim 15, wherein said strap engages the sidewall-floor junction. 25. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the lower junction comprises: a) a first lower elbow for engaging a first support member from a first support member pair;b) a second lower elbow for engaging a second support member from a second support member pair;c) the first lower elbow having first and second end portions, the first end portion of the first lower elbow having a female receptor for receiving an end portion of the first support member;d) the second lower elbow having first and second end portions, the first end portion of the second lower elbow having a female receptor for receiving an end portion of the second support member; ande) the second end portion of the first lower elbow having a first set of teeth and the second end portion of the second lower elbow having a second set of teeth, the first and second sets of teeth of the first and second lower elbows being engaged and joined by a pivot pin. 26. The playyard of claim 15, wherein each of said straps engages, sequentially, starting from the floor end portion: the floor of the flexible pen, the frame, and the sidewall-floor junction. 27. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the frame includes a slot disposed adjacent to each of the lower junctions, the sliding strap portion sliding in said slot. 28. The playyard of claim 15, wherein the upper junction comprises: a) a first upper elbow for engaging a first support member from a first support member pair;b) a second upper elbow for engaging a second support member from a second support member pair;c) the first upper elbow having first and second end portions, the first end portion of the first upper elbow having a female receptor for receiving an end portion of the first support member;d) the second upper elbow having first and second end portions, the first end portion of the second upper elbow having a female receptor for receiving an end portion of the second support member; ande) the second end portion of the first upper elbow having a first set of teeth and the second end portion of the second upper elbow having a second set of teeth, the first and second sets of teeth of the first and second upper elbows being engaged and joined by a pivot pin. 29. The playyard of claim 15, wherein each of the upper junctions includes an upper face, an outer face, an under face, and an inner face, wherein the upper edge portion of the flexible pen includes a set of extensions, each of the extensions being paired with and engaged to one of the upper junctions, said extension extending, in sequence, over the upper face of the upper junction, to the outer face of the upper junction, to the underface of the upper junction, and to the inside face of the upper junction, the extension being engaged to the upper junction at the inside face of the upper junction. 30. The playyard of claim 29, wherein said upper junction includes a first elbow engaging a first support member and second elbow receiving a second support member, the extension engaging an inside face of each of the first and second elbows. 31. The playyard of claim 29, wherein said upper junction includes a first elbow engaging a first support member and second elbow receiving a second support member, each of the inside faces of the first and second elbows having respective first and second elbow snap portions, the extension having first and second extension snap portions that respectively engage the first and second elbow snap portions. 32. The playyard of claim 15, wherein said frame includes six support member pairs such that the frame is hexagonal. 33. The playyard of claim 15, and further comprising a lock, the lock being engaged between the support members of a support member pair, the lock having an over center mechanism where an over center position is a locked position. 34. The playyard of claim 33, wherein said support members of said support member pair having said lock include lower portions, each of the lower portions extending from the intermediate junction to said lower junction, and wherein said lock is engaged to said lower portions of said support members of said support member pair. 35. The playyard of claim 33, wherein said lock includes first and second elongate members, each of the first and second elongate members having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends being pivotally engaged to each other, each of the distal ends being pivotally engaged to one of said support members of said support member pair having said lock. 36. The playyard of claim 34, wherein the lock includes elongate members, the elongate members defining a distance A and a distance B, where distance A is measured as a straight line between two points where the elongate members are pivotally engaged to respective support members, where distance B is defined as a straight line distance between said two points, where distance B is less than distance A, where distance A defines a locked position for the over center mechanism, where distance B defines an unlocked position for the over center mechanism.
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