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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Wesley H. Thomas, Kenosha, WI (US);
Phillip Holsinger, Arbor Vitae, WI (US);
Traci J. Barron, St. John, IN (US);
Wesley H. Thomas, Kenosha, WI (US);
Phillip Holsinger, Arbor Vitae, WI (US);
Traci J. Barron, St. John, IN (US);
Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Foldable and portable playard assemblies with a storage compartment and methods of use thereof are disclosed. An example playard includes a lower frame having a collapsed position and an erected position, an upper frame having a collapsed position and an erected position and a plurality of corner posts coupling the lower frame and the upper frame. The example playard also includes an upper extension member coupled to and extending from the upper frame and a lower extension member coupled to extending from the lower frame. The upper extension member, the lower extension and two of the plurality of corner posts form a storage compartment frame. In addition, the storage compartment frame remains in an extended position when the lower frame is in the collapsed position and the upper frame is in the collapsed position.