Crib construction

Claim 1

A CRIB COMPRISING A PAIR OF ENDS, CORNER POSTS ON THE ENDS, SLIDE RODS ON THE CORNER POSTS, A DROP SIDE MOUNTED TO VERTICALLY SLIDE ON THE SLIDE RODS, A TRIP ROD ON THE DROP SIDE, A SPRING TENDING TO MOVE THE TRIP ROD IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION TO UNLATCH THE TRIP ROD IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE DROP SIDE TO DROP, A STABILIZER BAR, SAID STABILIZER BAR EXTENDING BETWEEN A PAIR OF CORNER POSTS UPON WHICH THE DROP SIDE IS MOUNTED, AN END PLATE AT EACH END OF SAID STABILIZER BAR, SAID END PLATES BEING MOUNTED ONE ON EACH OF SAID CORNER POSTS, SAID END PLATES EXTENDING GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE STABILIZER BAR, THE STABILIZER BAR RIGIDLY BY CONNECTING THE CORNER POSTS, AN INTEGRAL LATCH PLATE ON EACH END PLATE, EACH LATCH PLATE BEING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO ITS END PLATE AND INCLUDING A LATCHING EDGE UPON WHICH THE ENDS OF THE TRIP ROD CAN BE POSITIONED TO LATCH THE DROP SIDE IN RAISED CONDITION THEREOF, WHEREIN EACH LATCH PLATE INCLUDES A MEMBER WHICH IS STRUCK UP FROM ITS END PLATE, AND HAVING AN INCLINED EDGE FACING INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CRIB TO ACT AS A CAM TO MOVE THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE TRIP ROD OUT OF ITS NORMAL PATH AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE SPRING, AND A LATCH SURFACE GENERALLY AT AT RIGHT ANGLE THERETO AND ABOVE THE SAME OVER WHICH THE TRIP ROD ENDS TEND TO SNAP DUE TO THE TRIP ROD SPRING WHEN THE TRIP ROD ENDS PASS OFF END OF THE INCLINED EDGE, AS THE DROP SIDE RISES.