This is a nationalization of PCT/SE06/000534 filed May 3, 2006 and published in English.
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to a child's bed having a ring-shaped frame and legs connected to the frame, as well as a sack of flexible material mounted on the frame. The sack has the opening verge part thereof connected to the frame. The frame has two mutually turnably mounted frame parts, the nearby branch ends of which are mutually connected to folding fittings, which allow the frame parts to be folded between a first end position substantially in a common plane, and a second end position in which the frame parts are parallel and overlapping. Each leg is foldably connected to an appurtenant attachment of the frame, for foldability between a first end position supporting the frame, and a second end position, in which the legs are folded back substantially parallel to the plane of the frame parts.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A child's bed of a transportable nature has to be dismountable in order to occupy a small space in a dismounted state. Furthermore, the child's bed should have a low weight and be easy to dismount and assemble, respectively. Furthermore, in the erected state, the child's bed should be stable and have a good child safety.
In that connection, the child's bed should comprise a ring-shaped frame that is carried at a distance above a ground by means of dismountable legs and that carries a bed bottom, which is provided with flexible side walls connected to the frame at a considerable distance above the bed bottom, in order to prevent a small child from leaving the bed.
Therefore, an object of the invention is to further develop a child's bed of the outlined kind, which entirely or partly meets one or more of the above-mentioned desires.
The object of the invention is achieved in that the frame is provided with one leg attachment for each leg, with the leg attachment having a conical shape and a leg end connecting thereto having a corresponding conical complementary surface, and that spring members are provided in order to axially pull together the end of the leg and the leg attachment into connection with each other.
The invention is described in the following written description.
Various embodiments of the invention are as described herein.
In the following, the invention will be described by way of examples, reference being made to the appended drawings.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The frame 10 carries a bed structure of a flexible material shaped in the form of a sack 20. The sack has a bottom 23, which rests on the floor/the ground, and side walls 21, which extend up to the frame 10 and are connected to the same. The walls 21 usually comprise a lower part 21A of opaque fabric and an upper part 21B of a transparent material, for instance a net material. The upper verge part of the sack 20 is folded over from the inside outwards, the folded-over verge part being connected to the upper part of the wall 21 by fastening members, for instance zippers 24 along the respective side of the frame 10. The folded-over portion of the sack also extends around the corners of the frame, while the fastening elements 24 do not extend around the frame corners.
In a preferred embodiment, the fitting 2 may comprise two mutually equal, flat sheet-metal elements 1, which are shown to be composed of a circular main part having a shank projecting tangentially therefrom, which is fixed to the end of the respective frame part 11. The two mutually equal sheet-metal parts 1, 1′ abut each other planarly and are mutually coupled to a pivot axis 6, which is shown to have a head 61 at each end. A spring 7 on each side of the fitting is kept in contact with the two elements 1, 1′ to normally hold the same in surface abutment against each other. In order to hold the branch ends of the frame parts 11, in the state according to
The leg 13 should be arranged foldable in relation to the frame 11, from a stably folded-out state, to a lowered position near the plane of the respective frame part 11. In this connection, the leg 13 may be connected to the frame 11 by a hinge device having a pivot axis and having hinge portions connected to each other. By the fact that the legs 13 converge toward each other in the direction upward to a point above the central part of the frame, no blocking of the legs 13 is required in the erected state of the bed, but a blocking is yet preferable, for reasons of safety.
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The invention being thus described, it will be apparent that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be recognized by one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
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0501351 | Jun 2005 | SE | national |
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PCT/SE2006/000534 | 5/3/2006 | WO | 00 | 8/23/2006 |
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WO2006/135299 | 12/21/2006 | WO | A |
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