US 12,295,502 B2
Collapsible infant playpen
Jonathan K. Mountz, Birdsboro, PA (US)
Assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/789,975
Filed by Wonderland Switzerland AG, Steinhausen (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087983
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/136782, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,971, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031002 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47D 13/063 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An infant playpen comprising:
an upper frame portion including a pivot joint and a first and a second side segment, the first and second side segments being rotatable relative to each other between an unfolded state and a folded state;
a latching device disposed adjacent to the pivot joint, the latching device being switchable between a locking state for locking the first and the second side segments in the unfolded state, and an unlocking state for rotation of the first and the second side segments between the unfolded state and the folded state, wherein the latching device includes a first and a second latch, the first latch being engaged with the first side segment and the second latch engaged with the second side segment in the locking state, the first latch being disengaged from the first side segment and the second latch disengaged from the second side segment in the unlocking state;
a standing post connected with the upper frame portion and having a foot portion, the standing post carrying a cable actuator and a resilient part, the resilient part applying a biasing force on the cable actuator for biasing the cable actuator toward an initial position;
a cable assembly respectively connected with the latching device and the cable actuator, wherein the cable assembly includes a conduit, and a cable extending through an interior of the conduit, the cable having two opposite ends respectively anchored to the first latch and the cable actuator, and the conduit having two opposite ends respectively anchored to the second latch and the standing post; and
a bottom linkage portion including a bar segment pivotally connected with the foot portion of the standing post, the bar segment being rotatable relative to the foot portion to urge the cable actuator in movement away from the initial position and thereby cause the latching device to switch from the locking state to the unlocking state.