Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
In a portable crib having a box-like fabric crib body and a frame, said fabric crib body having a plurality of fabric sides and a fabric floor, said frame having elongated upright corner posts by which the fabric crib body is supported and tensioned such that the portable crib may be disassembled by sliding the fabric crib body upward relative to the corner posts until the fabric crib body is disengaged from the frame, wherein the improvement comprises: a. rigid floor support means integral with the frame, said rigid floor support means supporting the fabric floor; b. floor stiffening means joined with the fabric floor; and c. side stiffening means joined with a fabric body side adjacent a fabric body side upper edge; said rigid floor support means, said floor stiffening means and said side stiffening means cooperating to provide support for a child placed into the portable crib.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
In a portable crib having a box-like fabric crib body and a frame, said fabric crib body having a plurality of fabric sides and a fabric floor, said frame having elongated upright corner posts by which the fabric crib body is supported and tensioned such that the portable crib may be disassembled by sliding the fabric crib body upward relative to the corner posts until the fabric crib body is disengaged from the frame, wherein the improvement comprises: a. rigid floor support means integral with the frame, said rigid floor support means supporting the fabric floor; b. floor stiffening means joined with the fabric floor; and c. side stiffening means joined with a fabric body side adjacent a fabric body side upper edge; said rigid floor support means, said floor stiffening means and said side stiffening means cooperating to provide support for a child placed into the portable crib.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
The portable crib of claim 1 wherein the floor support means comprises: a. a plurality of elongated floor supports, each floor support having a first end and a second end; b. a central connector comprising means for joining the plurality of floor supports, each floor support joined with the connector at its first end to form a stable, substantially planar platform, each of the floor supports extending beneath the floor of the crib body and supporting the floor of the crib body; and c. a plurality of feet, each foot joined to the second end of a floor support and supporting the platform comprising the floor supports in a substantially horizontal orientation in spaced relation to a surface on which the crib rests.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The portable crib of claim 1 wherein the floor stiffening means comprises a floor stiffening member, the floor stiffening member joined to the crib body in a pocket-like member integral with the fabric floor and extending across the fabric floor from a first edge to a second edge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
The portable crib of claim 1 wherein the side stiffening means comprises a side stiffening member slideably engaged within a sleeve-like member adjacent a body side upper edge and extending along the body side upper edge from a first end adjacent a first corner post to a second end adjacent a second corner post.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The portable crib of claim 2 wherein a vertical support is centrally joined to the platform comprising the floor supports, the vertical support extending from the platform comprising the floor supports to the surface on which the crib rests.