Play gyms and methods of operating the same

• US 8,764,612 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kolcraft Enterprises Incorporated (Hasbro Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kolcraft Enterprises Incorporated (Hasbro Inc.)
• Inventors: Myers, Peter J., Sejnowski, Joseph Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Donnelly, Jerome W
• Application Number:
  US13/756,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 482/35, 565/5, 5 9/31, 5 9/81, 403/170, 403/172, 403/173, 135/120.3, 135/138
• US Class Current: 482/35
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/00 Other nursery furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/06 Children's play- pens
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/063 with soft walls
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/066 dismountable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 17/04 separable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 6/00 Mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping, gymnastics or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 9/00 Climbing poles, frames, or stages climbing walls for mountaineering training A63B69/0048; endless loop ladders A63B22/04

Abstract

Play gyms and methods of operating the same are disclosed. A disclosed example includes a floor mat dimensioned to be positioned within a play yard and/or a bassinet. It also includes a play gym to suspend an object above the mat when the mat is positioned in the play yard and/or the bassinet, and at least one connector to couple the play gym to the mat when the mat is removed from the play yard and/or the bassinet.

Claims

1. A floor comprising:

a board dimensioned to be positioned in at least one of a play yard or a bassinet;

a connector coupled to the board and moveable between a position in which the connector is covered by a top surface of the board and an exposed position outside a perimeter of the board; and

a play gym to couple to the connector when the connector is in the exposed position.

2. The floor of claim 1, wherein the connector includes a slot, the slot to receive a foot of a leg of the play gym when the connector is in the exposed position.

3. The floor of claim 2, wherein a portion of the leg is substantially flexible when the foot of the leg is disposed in the slot.

4. The floor of claim 1, wherein at least one of the play yard or the bassinet comprises a fastener, the play gym to be removably coupled to the fastener when the board is positioned in at least one of the play yard or the bassinet.

5. The floor of claim 4, wherein the connector is in the position in which the connector is covered by the top surface of the board when the board is positioned in at least one of the play yard or the bassinet.