US 12,232,634 B1
Playyard
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US); Brian M. McMahon, Palatine, IL (US); and Caleb Summers, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,470.
Application 18/117,470 is a continuation of application No. 17/335,036, filed on May 31, 2021, granted, now 11,596,242.
Application 17/335,036 is a continuation of application No. 16/894,798, filed on Jun. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,026,522, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/894,798 is a continuation of application No. 16/600,558, filed on Oct. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,674,835, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/600,558 is a continuation of application No. 15/080,502, filed on Mar. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,448,752, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/080,502 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/069,717, filed on Mar. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,194,755, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/189,177, filed on Jul. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/145,501, filed on Apr. 9, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47D 13/063 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible playyard pen, comprising:
a) a flexible sidewall, a flexible floor, and an open top;
b) the flexible sidewall being endless, the flexible sidewall having an upper endless edge and a lower endless edge;
c) the flexible sidewall comprising a set of six flexible panels;
d) each of the six flexible panels having an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a first side edge portion, and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion of one flexible panel being adjacent to the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel;
e) each of the six flexible panels having mesh extending from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion, each of the six flexible panels having mesh extending from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion;
f) a set of six upright strip portions of flexible material, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material extending from the upper endless edge of the flexible sidewall to the lower endless edge of the flexible sidewall, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material engaging the first side edge portion of one flexible panel and the second side edge portion of an adjacent flexible panel, each of the six upright strip portions of flexible material having an upper end portion;
g) the lower endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each of the six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging one of the six flexible panels and the floor, each of the six flexible panels having one of the six lower horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the lower edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
h) the upper endless edge of the sidewall comprising a set of six upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material, each of the six flexible panels having one of the six upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material engaging the upper edge portion of said flexible panel from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion of said flexible panel;
i) a set of six flexible extensions;
j) each of the six flexible extensions extending from the flexible sidewall at a location adjacent to an upper end portion of one of the six upright strip portions of flexible material;
k) each of the six flexible extensions extending from two upper horizontal strip portions of flexible material that are adjacent to each other; and
l) each of the six flexible extensions engaging a playyard frame, each of the flexible extensions being a puller to pull the flexible sidewall taut to the playyard frame.