Bassinette toy

• US 4,204,361 A
• Filed: 07/03/1978
• Issued: 05/27/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jack D. Solomon
• Original Assignee: Bertha E. Chaput
• Inventors: Chaput, Bertha E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US05/921,999
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 46/151, 46/116, 46/11, D 6/14, 150/42, 150/43, 150/44, 150/11, 150/50
• US Class Current: 446/74
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/52 Dolls' houses, furniture or other equipment simulating liquid flow A63H33/3022; Dolls' clothing or footwear

Abstract

A toy baby bassinette comprises a container having a bottom and walls and an apron extending from the upper periphery of the container walls. The apron can be raised above the container and closed with drawstrings, which also serve as a convenient handle for carrying the bassinette. The bassinette contains a doll housed in a separate open pouch.

Claims

1. A bassinette toy comprises in combination a container having a bottom and side walls and an open top, a flexible decorative apron extending from the walls near the top and surrounding the container, said apron having a hemmed portion, drawstrings threaded through the hemmed portion of the apron, the apron having a normal downwardly extending position surrounding the walls of the container, and an inverted position useful for carrying the toy with the apron extending upwardly above the top of the container, the drawstrings being drawn and forming a handle for carrying, and a doll adapted to fit in reclining position within the container.

2. The toy of claim 1 wherein the doll depicts a baby.

3. The toy of claim 1 also comprising a decorative pouch.

4. The toy of claim 3 wherein the pouch comprises flexible cloth back and front panels, and an opening between said panels to receive the doll.

5. The toy of claim 4 wherein the back panel is longer than the front panel, such that when the doll is placed in the pouch, a portion of the doll is covered by the front panel, and the entire doll rests on the back panel.