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Control device for folding and expanding armrail of a playpen

US5530977A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 25, 1994
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47D13/063
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A control device is provided for folding and expanding armrails of a playpen and includes a socket member having two distal ends each pivotably engaged with a corresponding one of the armrails, a coupling member received in each of the armrails and comprising a biasing member detachably engaged with a corresponding distal end of the socket member, whereby, when the biasing member urges against associated distal end of the socket member, the armrail is fixed to the socket member, and when the biasing member is detached from the distal end of the socket member, the armrail is pivotally engaged with the socket member.

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