Self-deployable cot
A self-deployable device ( 1 ) for a child, comprising an arcuate structure ( 110, 120 ) capable of supporting in the deployed state at least one wall ( 20 ) made of flexible material defining a space for receiving a child, and at least one stiffener bar ( 200, 201 ) to withstand bearing against the arcuate structure. Just one ( 210, 211 ) of the two ends of the bar is secured to the arcuate structure by a fixed connection, such that said bar is able to remain connected to the arcuate structure when said structure passes from the folded-up state to the deployed state and/or vice versa.
1. A self-deployable device for a child, comprising
an arcuate structure capable of supporting in the deployed state at least one wall made of flexible material defining a space for receiving a child,
at least one stiffener bar to withstand bearing against the arcuate structure,
wherein a single one of the two ends of the bar is secured to the arcuate structure by a fixed connection, such that said bar is able to remain connected to the arcuate structure when said structure passes from the folded-up state to the deployed state and/or vice versa.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising guide means for guiding the other of the ends of the bar when the device passes from the deployed state to the folded-up state and/or vice versa.
3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the guide means comprises a sleeve sewn into a wall made of flexible material and configured so as to be able to receive the stiffener bar.
4. The device as claimed in claim 2 , arranged so as to define at least one housing to receive the other of the ends of the bar in the deployed position.
5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the housing is defined by an eyelet fixed to a wall made of flexible material.
6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a means for reinforcing the wall to withstand bearing against a wall made of flexible material.
7. The device as claimed in claim 6 , in wherein the reinforcement means comprises a substantially horizontal reinforcement bar when the device is deployed, arranged in the vicinity of an upper edge of the wall, and a substantially vertical reinforcement bar arranged so as to come into abutment, on the one hand, with the substantially horizontal bar and, on the other hand, with a floor element in the case of bearing against the substantially horizontal bar.
8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one reinforcement bar has a length which is less than or equal to the maximum dimension of the device in the folded-up state.
9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arcuate structure comprises at least one first arch forming a bottom loop capable of resting on the floor and at least one second, upright arch, in the deployed position, of which the front view is substantially U-shaped, the second arch being capable of supporting at least the wall made of flexible material.
10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , in wherein said device is a cot.