US2764764A - Baby crib - Google Patents

Description

United States Patent BABY CRIB Guy Savage, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex.

Application August 4, 1953, Serial No. 372,297

1 Claim. (Cl. 57-99) This invention relates to folding or collapsible beds for children, and it has particular reference to a portable bed which is especially adaptable for use in traveling in auto mobiles, and the like, where it is desirable to provide a childs bed for ready use, and its principal object resides in the provision of a simple and economical structure which can be reduced to a compact package at will while aifording a substantial and comfortable bed when needed.

Another object of the invention is that of providing a device of the character described which is desirable for use as a childs play pen, or an enclosure wherein small children can be safely restrained and protected while amusing themselves or sleeping, and also to afford such a device embodying features of construction which will enable its being easily disposed of when not in use, and yet capable of being readily made usable with a minimum of effort.

Broadly, the invention contemplates the provision of a rectangular enclosure for a childs bed which is constructed so that its end and side sections can be folded or contracted to reduced dimensions so that a minimum package will result.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects will become manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection with the appended drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention shown extended and supporting a sleeping pad or mattress.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the device and illustrating the exible connections between the side and end sections.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the extended structure, and showing the transverse pad supporting members.

Figure 4 shows the invention collapsed in a compact package for portability.

Figure 5 is an end view of the compact package shown in Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective illustration of one of the transverse bars for supporting the mattress.

Accordingly, the invention comprises, when expanded, a rectangular enclosure which has side sections 10 and 11 and end sections 12 and 13 which are joined at the corners of the device by pliable or flexible strips 14 of webbing, or other suitable material, as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3. Each side and end section consists of opposed series of wooden or metal strips 15 and 16 which are pivotally associated by rivets 17 to provide flexibility, as will presently become apparent.

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Each side and end section has its strips 15 and 16 associated so that both ends thereof in one series are connected by rivets 17 to those of the opposite series, and arranged so that every fourth strip in each series are so connected, as illustrated in Figures l and 2, and there is asimilar pivotal connection at spaced intervals along the lengths of the strips in one series with corresponding strips in the opposite series, or at each intersection Where the strips are crossed, so that when the section is expanded, as in Figures l and 2, a diamond shaped opening will occur. The result is a similar appearance and operation as the familiar lazy tong structure. The end strips 15 and 16 of each section are only half the length of the intermediate strips 15.

The ends of the longer strips 15 at the ends of each section are attached to the exible strips 14 by which the sections 10, 11, 12 and 13 are connected. rl`hus, when the sections are collapsed, or retracted, they can be folded upon each other to produce the compact package shown in Figures 4 and 5. In order to limit the extent to which the side sections may be expanded there is provided another pliable strip 18 which is connected between the pivots 17 of a pair of the intermediate strips 15 and 16, as depicted in Figure l.

A sleeping paid or mattress 19 is supported in the enclosure by rods 20 which are arranged transversely of the device and supported at their ends in the crotches 21 just above the lower pivots 17 of the side sections 10 and 11. Each rod 20 has a notch or recess 22 near each end and on one side thereof to receive the edges of the strips 15 and 16 and prevent the side sections from spreading when there is weight on the pad 19. One of the rods 20, which may be of wood or metal, is fragmentarily shown in Figure 6.

Manifestly, the structure herein shown and described is capable of certain changes and modications, by persons skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a childs bed, a collapsible frame comprising side and end members joined at their ends to form a rectangular enclosure, each side and end member comprising a plurality of series of strips pivotally connected at their ends and at spaced intervals along their lengths whereby said side and end members can be extended or contracted, and a plurality of transversely arranged and detachable rods formed at each end with notches adapting the same to repose between the pivotally joined strips in said side members and capable of supporting a mattress in said enclosure.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 406,715 Fenner July 9, 1889 609,491 AShWell Aug. 23, 1898 779,622 Pieper Jan. 10, 1905 907,295 Segal Dec. 22, 1908 2,097,506 Auty NOV. 2, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS 15,151 Great Britain A. D. 1'887

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