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Granted Patent B2
US 11,523,692 · App. 16/025,078 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Wall mounts for play yards

Inventors: Julie Ann Yager Grad (Deephaven, MN); Dean Weisbeck (Medina, MN); Steve Vergin (Blaine, MN)
Assignee: North States Industries, Inc.
A47D13/066
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Patent No.
US 11,523,692
App. No.
16/025,078
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example play yard can include: a plurality of side panels configured to be coupled to one another to form the play yard, with each of the plurality of side panels being plastic; a yard mount configured to be coupled to a free end of one of the plurality of side panels, the yard mount including a first side configured to be coupled to the free end and a second side including a plurality of tabs with each forming an aperture therein; and a wall mount configured to be coupled to a structure, the wall mount including a plurality of members. As the yard mount is moved relative to the wall mount, each one of the plurality of members of the wall mount is received in the aperture of each respective tab of the plurality of tabs of the yard mount to couple the yard mount to the wall mount.

Claims (48)

1. A play yard, comprising:

a plurality of side panels configured to be coupled to one another to form the play yard, with each of the plurality of side panels being plastic;

a yard mount configured to be coupled to a free end of one of the plurality of side panels, the yard mount including a first side configured to be coupled to the free end and a second side including a plurality of tabs with each forming an aperture therein; and

a wall mount configured to be coupled to a structure, the wall mount including a plurality of members, wherein, as the yard mount is moved in a parallel direction relative to the wall mount, each one of the plurality of members of the wall mount is received in the aperture of each respective tab of the plurality of tabs of the yard mount to couple the yard mount to the wall mount,

wherein:

the first side of the yard mount includes a hinge to be coupled to a rod of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels; or

the first side of the yard mount includes a rod to be coupled to a hinge of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

2. The play yard of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first locking member on the yard mount; and

a second locking member on the wall mount;

wherein, as the yard mount is coupled to the wall mount, the first locking member depresses the second locking member until the first locking member clears the second locking member; and

wherein, when the first locking member clears the second locking member, the second locking member is biased into a locked position to resist the yard mount from being uncoupled from the wall mount.

3. The play yard of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of side panels is identical.

4. The play yard of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the yard mount includes the hinge to be coupled to the rod of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

5. The play yard of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the yard mount includes the rod to be coupled to the hinge of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

6. The play yard of claim 1 , wherein the yard mount is a first yard mount, and further comprising a second yard mount configured to be coupled to a second free end of another one of the plurality of side panels.

7. The play yard of claim 6 , wherein the wall mount is a first wall mount, and further comprising a second wall mount configured to be coupled to the structure.

8. The play yard of claim 1 , wherein the wall mount defines a plurality of apertures through which fasteners are positioned to couple the wall mount to the structure.

9. A structure for enclosing a space, the structure comprising:

at least one wall; and

a play yard including:

a plurality of side panels configured to be coupled to one another to form the play yard, with each of the plurality of side panels being plastic;

a yard mount configured to be coupled to a free end of one of the plurality of side panels, the yard mount including a first side configured to be coupled to the free end and a second side including a plurality of tabs with each forming an aperture therein; and

a wall mount configured to be coupled to the at least one wall, the wall mount including a plurality of members, wherein, as the yard mount is moved in a parallel direction relative to the wall mount, each one of the plurality of members of the wall mount is received in the aperture of each respective tab of the plurality of tabs of the yard mount to couple the yard mount to the wall mount,

wherein:

the first side of the yard mount includes a hinge to be coupled to a rod of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels; or

the first side of the yard mount includes a rod to be coupled to a hinge of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

10. The structure of claim 9 , further comprising:

a first locking member on the yard mount; and

a second locking member on the wall mount;

wherein, as the yard mount is coupled to the wall mount, the first locking member depresses the second locking member until the first locking member clears the second locking member; and

wherein, when the first locking member clears the second locking member, the second locking member is biased into a locked position to resist the yard mount from being uncoupled from the wall mount.

11. The structure of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of side panels is identical.

12. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the first side of the yard mount includes the hinge to be coupled to the rod of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

13. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the first side of the yard mount includes the rod to be coupled to the hinge of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

14. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the yard mount is a first yard mount, and further comprising a second yard mount configured to be coupled to a second free end of another one of the plurality of side panels.

15. The structure of claim 14 , wherein the wall mount is a first wall mount, and further comprising a second wall mount configured to be coupled to the at least one wall.

16. A method of forming a play yard with a structure, the method comprising:

coupling a plurality of side panels configured to be coupled to one another to form the play yard;

coupling a first side of a yard mount to a free end of one of the plurality of side panels;

coupling a wall mount to the structure; and

moving the yard mount relative to the wall mount so that members of the wall mount are received in apertures formed by the yard mount to couple the yard mount to the wall mount,

wherein the first side of the yard mount includes a hinge to be coupled to a rod of the free end of the one of the plurality of side panels.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

as the yard mount is coupled to the wall mount, allowing a first locking member of the yard mount to depress a second locking member of the wall mount until the first locking member clears the second locking member; and

when the first locking member clears the second locking member, biasing the second locking member into a locked position to resist the yard mount from being uncoupled from the wall mount.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising forming each of the plurality of side panels to be identical.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the yard mount is a first yard mount, and further comprising coupling a second yard mount to a second free end of another one of the plurality of side panels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: YAGER GRAD, JULIE ANN; WEISBECK, DEAN; VERGIN, STEVE
To: NORTH STATES INDUSTRIES, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62528183 · Jul 3, 2017
Related Publication 20190000241A1 · Jan 3, 2019
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