US 12,285,973 B2
Bassinet
Kristin Patricia Tully, Hillsborough, NC (US); Catherine Sullivan, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Carl John Seashore, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Alison Mann Stuebe, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Ty Hagler, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Patrick Murphy, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Prasad Joshi, Chapel Hill, NC (US); and Charity Grace Kirk, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/372,381.
Application 18/372,381 is a continuation of application No. 17/410,529, filed on Aug. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,794,519.
Application 17/410,529 is a continuation of application No. 16/809,734, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,116,330, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 16/809,734 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/050906, filed on Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,535, filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092121 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60B 33/00 (2006.01); A47D 7/01 (2006.01); A47D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 33/00 (2013.01) [A47D 7/01 (2013.01); A47D 9/00 (2013.01); A47D 9/012 (2022.08); A47D 9/016 (2022.08)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
transitioning, by a user while the user is in a seated position, an infant tub from at least one of a first position or first orientation to at least one of a second position or second orientation by engaging with at least one of the infant tub or a tub frame supporting the infant tub to cause the infant tub to rotate and/or translate relative to a base such that a front wall portion of the infant tub is facing the user and disposed sufficiently close to the user such that the user can access an interior of the infant tub from the seated position, the infant tub coupled to the base via a column assembly and an arm rotatably coupled to the column assembly; and
accessing, by the user while the user is in the seated position, an infant disposed within the interior of the infant tub by inserting a first arm of the user through a first opening defined above a first reduced height portion of the infant tub and a second arm of the user through a second opening defined above a second reduced height portion of the infant tub such that the user is in contact with the infant through the first opening and the second opening, the first opening and the second opening separated by the front wall portion, the front wall portion having a greater height relative to a bottom portion of the infant tub than the first reduced height portion and the second reduced height portion.