IP Library Granted Patent US 11,304,539
Granted Patent B2
US 11,304,539 · App. 16/333,006 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Child support devices using layered mesh material

Inventors: Heather Tootell (Atlanta, GA); Casey Harris (Brookhaven, GA); Stephen Burns (Cumming, GA); Eric Lange (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: KIDS2, INC.
A47D9/02A47D9/00A47D13/02A47D15/00
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Patent No.
US 11,304,539
App. No.
16/333,006
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A child support device includes a seat and a panel included in or adjacent to the seat. The panel includes a first panel portion including a panel edge defining a panel opening. The first panel portion has a first heat transfer coefficient. A location of the panel opening corresponds to a heat transfer region in which an expected heat received from a child in the seat is greater than a heat reception threshold. A second panel portion is in the panel opening and attached to the panel edge. The second panel portion includes a layered mesh having a second heat transfer coefficient greater than the first heat transfer coefficient and greater than a threshold heat transfer coefficient at which a temperature of the second panel portion while receiving the expected heat is greater than a room temperature by less than a threshold difference, wherein the threshold difference is at most five degrees Fahrenheit.

Claims (39)

1. A child support device, comprising:

a seat; and

a panel included in or adjacent to the seat, the panel including:

a first panel portion including a panel edge defining a panel opening, the first panel portion having a first heat transfer coefficient, a location of the panel opening corresponding to a heat transfer region in which an expected heat received from a child in the seat is greater than a heat reception threshold; and

a second panel portion in the panel opening and attached to the panel edge, the second panel portion including a layered mesh having a second heat transfer coefficient greater than the first heat transfer coefficient and greater than a threshold heat transfer coefficient at which a temperature of the second panel portion while receiving the expected heat is greater than a room temperature by less than a threshold difference, wherein the threshold difference is at most five degrees Fahrenheit;

wherein the layered mesh comprises:

a first layer of material having a first mesh size,

a second layer of material having a second mesh size, and

an intermediate layer of material positioned between the first layer and the second layer and having a third mesh size.

2. The support panel of claim 1 , wherein the first panel portion has a first stiffness, the second panel portion has a second stiffness less than the first stiffness, and a ration of a surface area of the first panel portion to a surface area of the second panel portion is greater than a threshold ration at which an average stiffness of the panel is at least a threshold percentage of the first stiffness, wherein the threshold percentage is at least fifty percent.

3. The child support device of claim 1 , wherein the panel is a back panel adjacent to and integrally formed with the seat.

4. The child support device of claim 1 , wherein the second panel portion reduces a brightness of visible light passing through the second panel portion towards the seat by at least thirty percent.

5. The child support device of claim 1 , further comprising an upper member attached to the first panel portion, the upper member having a third heat transfer coefficient greater than or equal to the second heat transfer coefficient.

6. The child support device of claim 1 , wherein the first panel portion has a first stiffness, the second panel portion has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness, and a ratio of a surface area of the first panel portion to a surface area of the second panel portion is greater than a threshold ratio at which an average stiffness of the panel is at least a threshold percentage of the second stiffness, wherein the threshold percentage is at least fifty percent.

7. A bassinet, comprising:

a support frame comprising at least one leg; and

a child receiving portion supported by the at least one leg of the support frame, the child receiving portion comprising an upper frame member, a floor for supporting a child within the child receiving portion spaced apart from the upper frame member, and a sidewall extending between the upper frame member and the floor, the sidewall including a layered mesh having a light transmittance coefficient, wherein the light transmittance coefficient is (1) less than a first threshold at which brightness of light passing into the child-receiving portion via the layered mesh decreases by thirty percent and (2) greater than a second threshold at which the layered mesh is opaque to a view point outside the child-receiving portion and located along an axis passing through the child receiving portion and the layered mesh;

wherein the layered mesh comprises:

a first layer of material having a first mesh size,

a second layer of material having a second mesh size, and

an intermediate layer of material positioned between the first layer and the second layer and having a third mesh size.

8. The bassinet of claim 7 , wherein the view point is greater than two feet and less than ten feet away from the sidewall.

9. The bassinet of claim 7 , wherein the layered mesh is located at a heat transfer region in which an expected heat received from a child in the seat is greater than a heat reception threshold.

10. The bassinet of claim 7 , further comprising a canopy extending over the child receiving portion, the canopy including a canopy layered mesh having a canopy light transmittance coefficient less than the first threshold and greater than the second threshold.

11. The bassinet of claim 7 , wherein the child receiving portion is pivotably coupled to the support frame.

12. The bassinet of claim 11 , further comprising a swing control circuit configured to control at least one of a speed or a magnitude of pivoting of the child receiving portion relative to the at least one leg.

13. The bassinet of claim 11 , further comprising a capacitive touch device, wherein the swing control circuit is configured to control the at least one of the speed or the magnitude based on a user input received via the capacitive touch device.

14. The bassinet of claim 7 , further comprising an adjustable member coupled to the sidewall and the upper frame member, the adjustable member configured to adjust the sidewall from a first position in which the upper frame member is spaced a first distance from the floor to a second position in which the upper frame member is spaced a second distance from the floor.

15. The bassinet of claim 7 , wherein the at least one leg includes a first pair of legs adjacent to a first end of the child receiving portion and a second pair of legs adjacent to a second end of the child receiving portion.

16. The bassinet of claim 7 , wherein the sidewall further comprises a panel including a first non-woven layer, a second polyester layer, and a third tactile layer, the panel having a first stiffness, the layered mesh having a second stiffness, the sidewall having an average stiffness which is at least fifty percent of the first stiffness.

17. A child support device, comprising:

a plurality of legs; and

a child receiving portion including an upper frame member coupled to the plurality of legs, a floor spaced from the upper frame member, and a sidewall extending between the floor and upper frame member, the sidewall configured to reduce a brightness of light through the sidewall by at least thirty percent, the sidewall having a heat transfer coefficient greater than a threshold value at which a temperature of the sidewall while receiving an expected heat corresponding to a child in the child receiving portion is no greater than eighty degrees Fahrenheit, wherein the sidewall includes a layered mesh;

wherein the layered mesh comprises:

a first layer of material having a first mesh size,

a second layer of material having a second mesh size, and

an intermediate layer of material positioned between the first layer and the second layer and having a third mesh size.

18. The child support device of claim 17 , wherein the floor includes a layered mesh.

19. The child support device of claim 17 , wherein the layered mesh forms less than half of the surface area of the sidewall.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2026
From: GOT I, LLC; KIDS2, LLC
To: BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT, LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075400/0140 →
BUSINESS CONVERSION Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: KIDS2, INC.
To: KIDS2, LLC
Reel/Frame 066943/0422 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: KIDS II, INC.
To: KIDS2, INC.
Reel/Frame 050375/0888 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2019
From: TOOTELL, HEATHER; HARRIS, CASEY; BURNS, STEPHEN R.; LANGE, ERIC
To: KIDS II, INC.
Reel/Frame 050355/0455 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62394809 · Sep 15, 2016
Related Publication 20190274448A1 · Sep 12, 2019