US 11,794,519 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 Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,529.
Application 17/410,529 is a continuation of application No. 16/809,734, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,116,330.
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 2022/0095812 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47D 9/00 (2006.01); A47D 7/01 (2006.01)
CPC A47D 9/00 (2013.01) [A47D 7/01 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bassinet comprising:
a base;
a column assembly connected to the base;
an arm rotatably connected to the column assembly;
a tub frame connected to the arm;
an infant tub comprising a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls and having areas of reduced height along the front wall and at least one of the side walls to provide enhanced access to an infant within the infant tub;
an insert for removably positioning within an interior of the infant tub; and
an anti-tip safety arm rotatably connected to the column assembly, the anti-tip safety arm being located underneath the base, wherein:
the anti-tip safety arm is rotatable in a same plane as the arm as the column assembly is rotatable relative to the base; and
the anti-tip safety arm is configured to contact ground and is a mechanism to minimize the potential risk of the bassinet tipping over.