Versatile crib mounted mobile

• US 6,113,455 A
• Filed: 03/18/1999
• Issued: 09/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kim Whelan, Susan Goecks
• Original Assignee: Kim Whelan, Susan Goecks
• Inventors: Goecks, Susan, Whelan, Kim
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kien T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carlson, Jeffrey D.
• Application Number:
  US09/271,855
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 446/227, 248/105, 248/106, 248/107, 248/214
• US Class Current: 446/227
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/006 Infant exercisers, e.g. for attachment to a crib

Abstract

A child play station system is provided including a frame having a cross bar and a pair of legs each being bifurcated into a pair of vertical portions which each terminate in a foot which defines a slot adapted for receiving a rail of a crib. At least one toy is coupled to the frame. In use, the frame is adapted for being supported by the legs on a flat recipient surface.

Claims

1. A child play station system comprising:

a frame including a cross bar and a pair of legs each being bifurcated into a pair of vertical portions which each terminate in a foot which defines a first slot adapted for receiving a rail of a crib; and

at least one toy coupled to the frame;

wherein the frame is adapted for being supported by the legs on a flat recipient surface; and

wherein each foot defines a second slot, the second slot orthogonally intersecting the first slot, the first slot having a unique width in relation to the second slot such that the first slot and the second slot are adapted for receiving the rail of a crib having varying widths.

2. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein a rotatable mobile and a plurality of individual figurines are each removably mounted to the frame.

3. The child play station system as set forth in claim 2 wherein the mobile is adapted to rotate automatically upon the actuation thereof.

4. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the frame includes a monitoring unit for transmitting sounds to a portable module.

5. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the frame includes a rotatable light assembly mounted thereon for rotating and emitting light upon the actuation thereof.

6. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the frame includes a music mechanism adapted to emit soft quiet music upon the actuation thereof.

7. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the legs are slidably coupled to the frame for being selectively distanced with respect to each other.

8. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein a brace is mounted between the vertical portions of each of the legs.

9. The child play station system as set forth in claim 8 wherein at least one toy comprises a plurality of toys, wherein at least one of the plurality of toys is positioned on the brace.

10. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the system is battery powered.

11. The child play station system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the system is powered by an alternating power receptacle.

12. A child play station system comprising, in combination:

a frame including a horizontal cross bar with a square cross-section along a length thereof thus defining a top face, a bottom face, a pair of side faces, and a pair of ends each with a pair of spring biased tabs mounted on the top face and the bottom face thereof, the frame further including a pair of legs each having a hollow short upper horizontal portion with a plurality of apertures formed therein for slidably receiving one of the ends of the horizontal cross bar and being selectively fixed with respect thereto by the engagement of the spring biased tabs and the apertures, each of the legs being bifurcated into a pair of diverging vertical portions which reside in a plane which is perpendicular with the horizontal cross bar and having a horizontal brace mounted between intermediate extents of the vertical portions of the leg, each vertical portion of the legs terminating with a foot having a vertically oriented threaded post threadedly engaged within a threaded aperture formed in the vertical portion, four downwardly extending blocks defining a pair of intersecting slots each having a unique width, wherein the feet of the frame are adapted for being removably mounted on any one of a plurality of cribs having unique widths and rails of unique thickness;

a light assembly including an opaque elliptical dome mounted on a central extent of the top face of the horizontal cross bar of the frame with a plurality of cut outs formed therein, a motor connected between the frame and the dome for rotating the same about a vertical axis upon the actuation of the light assembly, and a light positioned with the dome for emitting light from the cut outs upon the actuation of the light assembly;

a music mechanism mounted within the horizontal cross bar of the frame and adapted to emit soft quiet music upon the actuation thereof;

a monitoring unit positioned within the horizontal cross bar of the frame and including a microphone mounted on one of the side faces of the horizontal cross bar of the frame for detecting audible signals upon the receipt thereof and a transmitter connected to the microphone for transmitting the audible signals via free space;

a timer positioned within the horizontal cross bar of the frame and adapted to track a predetermined amount of time;

a mobile including a disk removably attached to a central extent of the bottom face of the horizontal cross bar of the frame, a plurality of flexible resilient arcuate members coupled to a periphery of the disk and each extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom with a figurine mounted on an end thereof, and a motor connected between the frame and the disk for rotating the same upon the actuation thereof;

a control panel situated on one of the side faces of the horizontal cross bar of the frame and including a music button for actuating the music mechanism upon the depression thereof, a light button for actuating the light assembly upon the depression thereof, a mobile button for actuating the mobile upon the depression thereof, and a timer button for deactuating each of the music mechanism, light assembly and mobile upon the cessation of the predetermined amount of time upon the depression thereof;

a portable module including a speaker for transmitting audible signals therefrom upon the receipt thereof, a receiver connected to the speaker for transmitting audible signals thereto upon the receipt thereof via free space from the transmitter of the monitoring unit, a music button for actuating the music mechanism upon the depression thereof, a light button for actuating the light assembly upon the depression thereof, a mobile button for actuating the mobile upon the depression thereof, and a timer button for deactuating each of the music mechanism, light assembly and mobile upon the cessation of the predetermined amount of time upon the depression thereof, wherein the portable module further includes a power switch, a volume selector and a band selector;

a plurality of eyelets mounted along the bottom face of the horizontal cross bar of the frame and a bottom of the horizontal portion of each of the legs; and

a plurality of figurines each having a string coupled thereto with a hook for removably attaching to the eyelets of the frame.