Travel cot
A travel cot has multiple lateral fences, multiple vertical posts, and a bottom frame which includes a central body, multiple bottom rods, and multiple ropes. The bottom rods are disposed between the central body and the vertical posts respectively. To expand the travel cot, the central body moves downward and thus the ropes get taut. The vertical posts move to expand the lateral fences as a result of collective work of the central body, the bottom rods, and the ropes, and thus the travel cot is expanded and fixed. To fold the travel cot, the central body moves upward and thus ropes get loosened, and then the vertical posts are moved close to center. The ropes would no longer affect the vertical posts, bottom rods, and central body. A volume of the bottom frame gets smaller after folded.
1 . A travel cot having an expanded state and a folded state, the travel cot comprising:
multiple vertical posts;
multiple lateral fences being foldable, and each one of the lateral fences connecting with top ends of adjacent two of the vertical posts;
a bottom frame connecting with bottom ends of the vertical posts, the bottom frame including:
a central body disposed at a bottom central region of the travel cot;
multiple bottom rods rotatably mounted between the central body and the vertical posts respectively, and two ends of each one of the bottom rods including:
an inner end connected to the central body; and
an outer end connected to a corresponding one of the vertical posts via a bottom first pivot;
multiple ropes being non-stretchable and extending outward from the central body, and an outer end portion of each one of the ropes connected to a connecting site of the bottom end of the corresponding vertical post, and the connecting site located beneath the bottom first pivot;
wherein the travel cot is in the expanded state when distances between each one of the vertical posts and the central body extend to a maximum, and each one of the ropes is tautly mounted between the bottom end of the corresponding vertical post and the central body, and the top ends of the vertical posts tend to expand;
wherein each one of the inner ends of the bottom rods is connected to the central body via a bottom second pivot; and
wherein an inner end portion of each one of the ropes is connected to the central body at a site beneath the bottom second pivot.
2 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each one of the ropes is parallel to a corresponding one of the bottom rods when the travel cot is in the expanded state.
3 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner end portion of each one of the ropes is connected to the central body via a tension adjusting mechanism.
4 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer end portion of each one of the ropes is connected to the corresponding vertical post via a tension adjusting mechanism.
5 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the inner end portion of each one of the ropes is connected to the central body via a tension adjusting mechanism.
6 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the outer end portion of each one of the ropes is connected to the corresponding vertical post via a tension adjusting mechanism.
7 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism has:
a moving unit movably mounted at a bottom of the central body, and the moving unit capable of moving up and down with respect to the central body, the inner end portions of the ropes fixed on the moving unit; and
a bolt mounted at the bottom of the central body, an upper end of the bolt movably or rotatably connected to the moving unit.
8 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 4 , wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism has:
a moving unit movably mounted at a bottom of the central body, and the moving unit capable of moving up and down with respect to the central body, the inner end portions of the ropes fixed on the moving unit; and
a bolt mounted at the bottom of the central body, an upper end of the bolt movably or rotatably connected to the moving unit.
9 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 5 , wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism has:
a moving unit movably mounted at a bottom of the central body, and the moving unit capable of moving up and down with respect to the central body, the inner end portions of the ropes fixed on the moving unit; and
a bolt mounted at the bottom of the central body, an upper end of the bolt movably or rotatably connected to the moving unit.
10 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a bottom lock is mounted between the inner end of each one of the bottom rods and the central body.
11 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a bottom lock is mounted between the inner end of each one of the bottom rods and the central body.
12 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each one of the lateral fences includes:
two surrounding frames and a middle unit, the middle unit rotatably disposed between and connecting with the two surrounding frames; and
a lateral lock mounted between the middle unit and each one of the two surrounding frames, the lateral lock capable of switching between a locked state and an unlocked state via adjusting a distance between adjacent two of the vertical posts and/or adjusting angles of adjacent two of the vertical posts.
13 . The travel cot as claimed in claim 11 , wherein each one of the lateral fences includes:
two surrounding frames and a middle unit, the middle unit rotatably disposed between and connecting with the two surrounding frames; and
a lateral lock mounted between the middle unit and each one of the two surrounding frames, the lateral lock capable of switching between a locked state and an unlocked state via adjusting a distance between adjacent two of the vertical posts and/or adjusting angles of adjacent two of the vertical posts.