US1661230A - Crib - Google Patents

Description

March 6, 1928.

A 1,661,230 F. F. MORRISON CRIB Filed Feb, 8f 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 flitow m o,

March s; 192s. 1,661,230

F. F. MORRISON CRIB Filed Feb. 8. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 l EEMff/fzzsm @www Paten-ted Mar. y

i i i 1,661,239

FRANK nonnls'oiv, or CHABLTTE, nonni CAROLINA.

v. Application let Februaryy `T his invention relates to l a .,childs; crib,v

andmore especially to that type mounted on small wheels whereby it canbeimovedr from y:placeto place.v i3 e J l Itis an object of thepresent inventionto provide a structure of this character; which canbe folded readily into acompactbundle so as. to; be easily Vstored ortransported4 A `further Objectis to provide'a crib In said drawings7 1 y Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, v two positions of one of the movable mem* bers being indicated by broken lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan View. z 3o Figure 3 is asection online '3e-3` ofl Fig-- ure2. I

Figure 4 is a section fon line 4 .-4 `Figure 3. Y

Figure 5 is an enlarged end elevation show- ,m ing, by broken lines, the-positions of thel side panels of the crib when properly folded.

Figure 6 is an end yview Of the folded crib. i Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the bottom of they crib to one side of which is hingedly. con-f nected a panel 2, the hinges being indicatedy at 3. .Y Secured along the opposite side of the Y bottom 1 is a lange4 to which are connected hinges 5 which serve to attach a side panel 6 to the flange. The-height of the flange 4 is equal to or slightly greater than the' thickness ofthe panel 2. Thus it will be seen that when panel 2Vis swung down- Wardly onto the bottom 1, it isV possible to swing the lpanel 6 inwardly land down-- wardly onto the panel 2. l Y

Extending upwardlyfrom the ends of the bottom 1 are end'lianges 7 each of which ure 6.

isjequalin heightH to: the colnbinedtliick-f nesses of the tWopanels 2 and (5*. To each#y ofth-ese end `flanges is hingedlyconnected an end panelV 8 and, after kthe panels 2 and have been'swung inwardly as heretofore eX-' mil plained and as shown particularly in F ig'-, ure (i, `theeud panels 8 canbe swung down- Wardly onto.v the ,sideqpanjels v6,r it being understood thatthese end panels*l are of a 'heightmequal kto orlessg'than one-half theV length of thewbottoin.

panels vwhen folded willy Yform as shown in Figure 6.v

. 'All of theY panels are iso proportioned cri,-

Consequently the i atlat bundle Y thatfwhenthey are set up for use, their upper edges will'occupy Vthe same horizontal plane.r` These upperedges are designed to `support top panels 9 which, when properly l positioned on the crib, meet at theirinner vvedgeswhile their opposite end edges are substantially iuslrwithgtlie outer faces of' they end panels 8.y 'Panels 9 canfbe fastened v together by any suitable means, suchas al Y hook'lO shown inFigures 1 and 2.

Each ofthe top panels 9 is connected toi one of the* end Apanels 8 vby a' pair of links 11L which are diagonally disposed whenthe parts are set-up foruse and extend across the. upper corner portions of they side panels2 and 6. 'These links are pivotallyv connected tothe .sides of the end panels Sand of the properlyk assembled when the topk panels 9 are fastened together. The links 1l also prefv Vtop panels 9 and serve to hold these panels 'i vent .the sideV panels 2 and 6 from swinging laterally from under the top panels it being understood of course that these side panels 4 are prevented from swingingfinwardly by the mattress which is placed von the bot-tom 1` asV ordinarily.' Links l1 are so propory tioned that, when itis desired to collapse the` crib, said links can be swung outwardlyand downwardly in the direction indicated v`by the arrow in Figure 1 so as tobring the top panel 9 flat against theouter face'iof the end panel 8. `Thusllwhen these end panels-are swung downwardly and inwardly on vthe side panel 6,the top panels will be positioned fiat upon the endV panelsas shown in Fig- V,Access can be had readily to the interior of the 'crib byV swinging either orboth of the top panels 9 to the broken lines in Figure position indicated by loo Hingedly connected to the bot-tom 1 adjae' cent the sides thereof are longitudinal strips 12 t-o the end portions-of vvhich are connected the forks 13 of `supporting v vheels 14..; .For

t-he purpose of holding these strips 12 againstv folding While the crib is Vin use, a bolt 15 can be extendedupwardly through each of the strips 12 and through the bottom 1. By

the lower surface ofthe bottom 1 as-showninto a compact bundle as shown `in Figure '6 d 29 space.

and thus Vstored in a comparatively small `What is claimed isrzf 1 A collapsible crib inchuling` a bottom,-

Wheel` supported strips'z hingedly connected thereto and foldable thereagainst, means extendingtthrough'the bottom and stripsvfor "holdingf them, against relative. movement,

said means beinig;'reniovable:`,`'side `and end panels hingedly conneetedto thev bottom andk t'oldable relative thereto, top panels adapted to rest upon :the-side and end panels When set up Vfor use, links constitutinvthe sole connecti'ons betweentl'ie' top anzi endA panels,

szlidlinks being eonnectedto the side edges ot the 'top andend panels toprovide abutments for limitinl outward swinging.movement of thefside panels, each top panel, when lthe-crib is foldethlbeingmovableto positions -llat upon andsubstantially 'Within' the bounds ofthe end A)anel lto which it is f I y l Y y l 40 linlzedfv Y t H Y ln testimony ythat lclaim thefolegoing ture.

- my own, Iha've hereto alixed ,myV signa?v VMMU;'Fn'rziii MoRRIsoN. A '1

Images