Self-deployable cot

1. A self-deployable device for a child, comprising

an arcuate structure comprising two hoop ends, said structure being such that in the deployed state said hoop ends are upright and able to support at least one flexible material wall defining a space for receiving a child,

for each of said hoop ends, at least two stiffener bars to withstand bearing against said hoop ends,

wherein, for at least one of said bars, only one end of the two ends of the bar is fastened to the arcuate structure by a fixed connection so that said at least one bar may remain connected to the arcuate structure when said structure goes from the folded state to the deployed state and/or vice-versa.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein, for at least one of said stiffener bars, the other end of the ends of said bar is not fastened to the arcuate structure.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further including wall reinforcing means for countering pressing down on a flexible material wall.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the reinforcing means include a reinforcing bar that is substantially horizontal when the device is deployed disposed in the vicinity of an upper edge of the wall and at least two substantially vertical reinforcing bars disposed so as to come, in the event of pressing down on the substantially horizontal bar, to abut on the one hand against the substantially horizontal bar and on the other hand against a floor element.

5. The device according to claim 1 , further including at least one supplementary bar disposed obliquely when the device is in the deployed state to prevent the device from tipping over in the event of pressing down on the wall with a horizontal component.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the arcuate structure includes at least one first hoop forming a base loop adapted to rest on the floor and at least one second hoop that is upright in the deployed position and which when seen from the front is substantially U-shaped, the second hoop being adapted to support at least the flexible material wall.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said device is a cot.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said device comprises a bottom of the space for receiving a child, said bottom comprising two superposed flexible material walls defining a pocket adapted to receive a mattress, said pocket having on the floor side an opening for the insertion of the mattress.

9. The device according to claim 1 , comprising a flexible material element adapted to cover at least a portion of the bottom of the space for receiving a child and means for removably fixing said flexible material element to the rest of said device.

10. A method of mounting/demounting a self-deployable device for a child comprising:

providing an arcuate structure comprising two hoop ends, said structure being such that in the deployed state said hoop ends are upright and able to support at least one flexible material wall defining a space for receiving a child, and, for each of said hoop ends, at least two stiffener bars for withstanding bearing against said hoop end, wherein, for at least one of said bars, only one end of the two ends of the bar is fastened to the arcuate structure by a fixed connection, and

deploying the device during which said at least one bar remains connected to the arcuate structure by the end fastened by a fixed connection, the other end being left free.