Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Portable shelter – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-09
2001-07-24
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Portable shelter
Combined
C135S117000, C135S913000, C005S097000, C005S416000, C296S077100, C297S184130, C297S184140
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263894
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to protective coverings for babies' and toddlers' enclosures, such as cribs, playpens, carriages and the like, and more particularly comprises an unstructured two-piece cover made of insect netting for completely covering such enclosures.
The principal object of the present invention is to provide inexpensive and convenient cover for protecting babies and toddlers while in their cribs, playpens, carriages, or the like from insects.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a protective cover against insects for use on babies' and toddlers' enclosures, which fits a wide variety of enclosure sizes and shapes.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a protective covering against insects for use on babies' and toddlers' enclosures which may very quickly and easily be installed on and removed from such enclosures.
Another important object of the present invention is to provide a protective covering against insects for use on a baby's or toddler's enclosure and which may be stored in a very small space.
To accomplish these and other objects, the protective covering which comprises the present invention is composed of two unstructured pieces of netting, one of which is generally an endless loop or sleeve of netting, open at both ends, and the other a dome-shaped hood. The two pieces are free of rigid braces, stays, and other such frame-like devices so that the two parts may be folded or simply bunched up in a compact ball to occupy minimum space when not in use. The loop portion of the covering in its preferred form has a stretchable band, sewn or otherwise secured to the edge at one open end, and the unexpanded length of the band is substantially less than the circumference of the loop so that when it is slipped over a playpen or crib, the end carrying the stretchable band is gathered so as not to allow the entire loop to be drawn over and fall from the baby's or toddler's enclosure. Rather, the end of the loop carrying the stretchable band engages and remains on the top of the enclosure while the remainder of the netting of the loop hangs down about and covers the sides of the enclosure. The second portion or hood of the protective covering is dome-shaped and its circumferential edge is substantially the same length as the circumference of the loop. The circumferential edge of the dome, like one edge of the loop in the preferred form of the invention, carries a stretchable band whose unexpanded length is substantially the same as the band in the end of the loop. Either before or after the cylindrical portion of the covering is installed over the child's enclosure, the hood may be slipped over the top of the enclosure and the stretchable band will engage the sides thereof so as to hold the hood in place. The edges of the hood and loop when both are installed should overlap one another so as to completely cover the enclosure.
Both the hood and the loop are made of an insect netting material which is either a woven fabric material or an extruded plastic material having openings sufficiently small so as to exclude virtually all insects from passing through it but which are large enough to permit the free flow of air in and out of the enclosure and so as not to obstruct visibility in and out of the enclosure. The configuration of the dome-shaped hood allows the covering to be used with cribs and playpens with or without a canopy.
These and other objects and features of the invention will be better understood and appreciated from the following detailed description of several embodiments thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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Friedman Carl D.
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks P.C.
Yip Winnie
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