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Pivotal seat for a collapsible playpen

US6473919B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 2001
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A pivotal seat for a collapsible playpen includes a pivotal seat at lower center of a playpen and having a foot and four inverse U-shaped branches on four sides perpendicular to each other two of them having check surfaces and arcuate surfaces for pivoting a pair of elastic rods, the other two of them without the above arrangements for pivoting a pair conventional rod, a T-shaped member embedded into a central bore of the seat including a pair of symmetrically formed rotors superimposedly wrapped on and biased by a pair of coil springs for actuating the elastic rods in and out of the branches and a cover with a handle rotatably secured to the seat to control the movement of the rotors. The elastic rods are motionless when the playpen is flattened. If rotates the cover clockwise for a certain span, the elastic rods are set free to enable the playpen to be collapsed.

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