IP Library Granted Patent US 8,321,973
Granted Patent B2
US 8,321,973 · App. 13/172,837 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Infant-carrier docking station and crib therewith

Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,321,973
App. No.
13/172,837
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An infant-carrier docking station includes a support part and a carrier holder. The support part is disposed across on opposite handrails of a crib frame. The carrier holder is connected to the support part above the crib frame. The carrier holder can hold an infant carrier of a safety seat in a detachable way. A crib includes a bed frame and the infant-carrier docking station. The infant-carrier docking station is disposed across on opposite handrails of the bed frame. Therefore, the invention is convenient for a caregiver to directly move the infant carrier from any place else to the infant-carrier docking station without waking up the baby sleeping on the infant carrier.

Claims (30)

1. An infant-carrier docking station, disposed on a crib frame for holding an infant carrier, the infant-carrier docking station comprising:

a support part, disposed across on opposite handrails of the crib frame; and

a carrier holder, connected to the support part above the crib frame, the carrier holder being capable of holding the infant carrier in a detachable way, the carrier holder comprising:

a casing; and

a reinforced tube, wherein the casing and the reinforced tube are connected together to form a square frame,

wherein each inner side of the square frame comprises a structural part comprising a first locking unit and a second locking unit, the infant carrier comprises a third locking unit and a fourth locking unit, the third locking unit is capable of being engaged with any one of the first locking units, and the fourth locking unit is capable of being engaged with the second locking unit opposite to the one of first locking units.

2. The infant-carrier docking station of claim 1 , wherein the support part is engaged to the handrails in a detachable way.

3. The infant-carrier docking station of claim 1 , wherein the support part comprises a first connecting part and a second connecting part which are disposed oppositely on the handrails and respectively connected to the carrier holder.

4. The infant-carrier docking station of claim 1 , wherein the first locking unit comprises a locking slot, the third locking unit comprises a rotational hook, and the hook is locked in the locking slot selectively.

5. The infant-carrier docking station of claim 1 , wherein the second locking unit comprises a couple of locking protrusions, the fourth locking unit comprises a couple of rotational locking rings, and the locking rings are locked with the locking protrusions selectively.

6. A crib, comprising:

a bed frame, comprising handrails disposed around a circumference thereof;

a support part, disposed across on opposite ones of the handrails; and

a carrier holder, connected to the support part above the bed frame, the carrier holder being capable of holding an infant carrier of a safety seat in a detachable way, the carrier holder comprising:

a casing; and

a reinforced tube, wherein the casing and the reinforced tube are connected together to form a square frame,

wherein each inner side of the square frame comprises a structural part comprising a first locking unit and a second locking unit, the infant carrier comprises a third locking unit and a fourth locking unit, the third locking unit is capable of being engaged with any one of the first locking units, and the fourth locking unit is capable of being engaged with the second locking unit opposite to the one of first locking units.

7. The crib of claim 6 , wherein the support part is engaged to the handrails in a detachable way.

8. The crib of claim 6 , wherein the support part comprises a first connecting part and a second connecting part which are disposed oppositely on the handrails and respectively connected to the carrier holder.

9. The crib of claim 6 , wherein the first locking unit comprises a locking slot, the third locking unit comprises a rotational hook, and the hook is locked in the locking slot selectively.

10. The crib of claim 6 , wherein the second locking unit comprises a couple of locking protrusions, the fourth locking unit comprises a couple of rotational locking rings, and the locking rings are locked with the locking protrusions selectively.

11. An infant-carrier docking station, disposed on a crib frame for holding an infant carrier, the infant-carrier docking station comprising:

a support part, disposed across on opposite handrails of the crib frame; and

a carrier holder, connected to the support part above the crib frame, the carrier holder being capable of holding the infant carrier in a detachable way, the carrier holder comprising a square frame,

wherein each inner side of the square frame comprises a first locking unit and a second locking unit, the infant carrier capable of being engaged with the square frame in one of four different orientations corresponding to the inner sides of the square frame.

12. A crib, comprising:

a bed frame, comprising handrails disposed around a circumference thereof;

a support part, disposed across on opposite ones of the handrails; and

a carrier holder, connected to the support part above the bed frame, the carrier holder being capable of holding an infant carrier of a safety seat in a detachable way, the carrier holder comprising a square frame,

wherein each inner side of the square frame comprises a first locking unit and a second locking unit, the infant carrier capable of being engaged with the square frame in one of four different orientations corresponding to the inner sides of the square frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2017
From: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
To: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 044346/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2011
From: BICKLEY, BRAD THOMAS
To: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026525/0041 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61362684 · Jul 8, 2010
Related Publication 20120005826A1 · Jan 12, 2012