Beds – Having safety device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-24
2001-01-09
Trettel, Michael F. (Department: 3628)
Beds
Having safety device
C005S663000, C005S093100, C005S946000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170101
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of safety barriers for cribs in general, and in particular to a mesh lined dual foam layer construction having cut outs to provide visual inspection and cross ventilation.
2. Description of Related Art
As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,533,715; 5,577,276; 5,937,458; 5,926,873; and 5,806,112, the prior art is replete with myriad and diverse crib bumper constructions for lining the interior of a child's crib.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical protective barrier that allows a parent to visually observe their child from a distance, as well as provide for cross ventilation within the confines of the protective barrier.
Unfortunately, the prior art constructions seem to fall into two distinct classes wherein one class is devoted to providing a mesh enclosure around the interior of the crib to prevent the child's arms, legs, or head from becoming entangled in the crib slats and the other class is devoted to providing a padded barrier that surrounds the interior of the crib, but blocks the view of the parent and child.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need for a new and improved see through protective crib cover construction which has netted portals for air circulation and viewing purposes formed in a padded enclosure, and the provision of such a construction is a stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the see through protective crib cover construction that forms the basis of the present invention comprises in general, a padding unit, a viewing unit, a cover unit, and a cover securing unit.
As will be explained in greater detail further on in the specification, the padding unit includes four pairs of resilient panel segments which form a resilient rectangular shaped enclosure member and are provided with a series of aligned viewing portals in various geometric shapes and other configurations.
The netting unit may either comprise a single elongated running length of netting material or four shorter segments of netting material which are sandwiched between the resilient panel segments and stretched across the viewing portals.
In addition, the cover unit includes a rectangular shaped cover member which is fitted over the assembled padding unit and netting unit and further provided with apertures aligned with the viewing portals and being further provided with a cover securing unit for releasably attaching the construction to the slats of a crib.
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Henderson & Strum LLP
Trettel Michael F.
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