Knockdown furniture for infant
Knockdown furniture for an infant, having enhanced folding workability and safety for an infant. The knockdown furniture ( 1 ) for an infant has a frame ( 11 ) which forms a space for receiving an infant, and the frame ( 11 ) is provided with frame members ( 30, 40, 50 ) and a bottom plate ( 60 ) placed below the frame members ( 30, 40, 50 ). The frame members ( 30, 40, 50 ) can be folded into a flat shape lying along the bottom plate ( 60 ), and the frame members ( 30, 40, 50 ), which are folded into the flat shape lying along the bottom plate ( 60 ), and the bottom plate ( 60 ) can be integrally folded on each other.
1. Knockdown furniture for an infant, said furniture being transformable from a fully erect condition, to an intermediate folded condition and then to a fully folded condition, comprising:
a frame body that forms an accommodating space in which an infant is accommodated and that is placed on an installation surface, wherein
the frame body includes a plurality of frame members, and a bottom plate arranged below the frame body in said fully erect condition,
the plurality of frame members can be folded into a flat shape along the bottom plate in at least said fully folded condition,
the bottom plate and the plurality of frame members folded into a flat shape along the bottom plate can be mutually and integrally folded,
the plurality of frame members constituting the frame body include, in said fully erect condition, a plurality of vertical frames, an upper lateral frame arranged on upper portions of the plurality of vertical frames, and a lower lateral frame arranged on lower portions of the plurality of vertical frames,
the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate are arranged substantially in parallel to each other in said fully erect condition,
each of the plurality of vertical frames includes, in said fully erect condition, an upper main tube and a lower main tube arranged on a lower portion of the upper main tube,
the vertical frame includes a first folding unit that is arranged between the upper main tube and the lower main tube that arranges the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate at positions close to each other while maintaining the upper lateral frame in a flat shape and maintaining the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate in parallel to each other by making it possible to fold the vertical frame into said fully folded condition,
second folding units are provided at positions substantially corresponding to the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate, thereby making it possible to fold the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate substantially in the same direction when going from said erect condition to said folded condition,
the upper lateral frame includes, in said fully erect condition, a left side frame portion, a right side frame portion and a central frame portion, arranged between and rotatably coupled to each of the left side frame portion and the right side frame portion, thereby constituting one of the second folding units, said right side frame portion and said left side frame portion being substantially equal in length,
the upper lateral frame has a connecting portion at which the vertical frame is connected to the upper lateral frame,
the vertical frame can be folded by the first folding unit so that the folded vertical frame and the connecting portion of the upper lateral frame can be parallel to each other in said intermediate folded conditions and said fully folded conditions, and
the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame, and the bottom plate can be folded by the second folding units while maintaining the upper lateral frame, the lower lateral frame and, the bottom plate in parallel to each other so that (i) the central frame portion of the upper lateral frame can be parallel to the installation surface, and (ii) the upper main tube, the lower main tube, the left side frame portion, and the right side frame portion can be parallel to each other and orthogonal to the installation surface, in said fully folded condition.
2. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein the first folding unit of the vertical frame is arranged substantially at a central position of the vertical frame in its longitudinal direction.
3. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame can be held from above, the second folding unit of the upper lateral frame and the second folding unit of the bottom plate are arranged above the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame, and thus the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame is brought up and folded, thereby making it possible to collectively folding the second folding unit of the upper lateral frame and the second folding unit of the bottom plate.
4. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 3 , wherein the bottom plate is formed with an opening that can open and close, the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame is arranged at a position below the opening, and the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame is held from above through the opening.
5. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein the second folding unit of the lower lateral frame is provided with an operating handle that folds the lower lateral frame and that holds the knockdown furniture for an infant in a folded state.
6. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein a bed plate on which an infant is laid down is detachably attached to the frame body.
7. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 6 , wherein the bed plate is provided with a protection cover that can surround an infant.
8. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein a bed plate on which an infant is laid down can be folded in a flat shape along the bottom plate.
9. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein rollers for moving the knockdown furniture for an infant are provided below the frame body.
10. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 1 , wherein the frame body is provided with a moving handle for pulling and rotating the knockdown furniture for an infant.
11. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 10 , wherein the moving handle is stored in the frame body such that the moving handle can be taken out from the frame body.
12. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 10 , wherein the moving handle can be detachable from the frame body.
13. The knockdown furniture for an infant according to claim 10 , wherein the moving handle includes an extension and retraction mechanism that can extend and retract the moving handle.