Folding Joint and Foldable Infant Bed

Abstract

A foldable infant bed with an unfolded position and a folded position, comprising a plurality of vertical supports and a chassis support arranged between the plurality of vertical supports. A folding joint including a first main support frame, a second main support frame, a first auxiliary support rod, and a second auxiliary support rod, and a rotation mechanism for the foldable infant bed is also provided.

Claims

1. A foldable infant bed with an unfolded position and a folded position, the infant bed comprising: a plurality of vertical supports, a chassis support arranged between the plurality of vertical supports, the chassis support includes a center seat and a plurality of linkage mechanisms surrounding the center seat, each of the plurality of linkage mechanisms being connected to the center seat and connected to one of the plurality of vertical supports, each of the plurality of linkage mechanisms comprising an upper bottom rod, and a lower bottom rod located below the upper bottom rod, a first end of the upper bottom rod pivotally connected with an upper part of the center seat and a second end of the upper bottom rod rotatably connected with a corresponding vertical support by a ball joint, a first end of the lower bottom rod pivotally connected with a lower part of the center seat and a second end of the lower bottom rod rotatably connected with a corresponding vertical support by a ball joint, whereby upward movement of the center seat drives the plurality of linkage mechanisms and causes synchronous closing movement of the vertical supports, and whereby downward movement of the center seat drives the plurality of linkage mechanisms and cause synchronous expanding movement of the vertical supports.

2. The foldable infant bed of claim 1 further comprising between at least one of the upper bottom rods and the center seat or at least one of the lower bottom rods and the center seat an unfolding limit mechanism.

3. The foldable infant bed of claim 2 further comprising an upper unfolding limit mechanism and a lower unfolding mechanism, the upper unfolding limit mechanism comprising a plurality of one-way joints fixed on the upper part of the central seat, the lower unfolding limit mechanism comprising a plurality of one-way joints fixed to the lower part of the center seat, one end of the upper bottom rod pivotally connected to the upper one-way joint, and one end of the lower bottom rod pivotally connected to the lower one-way joint.

4. The foldable infant bed of claim 1 comprising four vertical supports, including two first vertical supports and two second vertical supports, upper parts of the two first vertical supports pivotally connected with the upper part of the corresponding second vertical support and forming a side bed frame having a first bed frame seat and a second bed frame seat, an upper part of a first vertical support, an upper part of a second vertical support, the first bed frame seat and the second bed frame seat are rotatably connected by concentric shafts.

5. The foldable infant bed according to claim 4, further comprising a first bed fence including two first bed fence rods, at least one of the two first bed fence rods having a first end rotatably connected to a first one-way rotating joint and a second end is rotatably connected to the first bed fence seat.

6. A folding joint for an infant bed, the folding joint having an unfolded position and a folded position, the joint comprising: a first main support frame, a second main support frame, a first auxiliary support rod, and a second auxiliary support rod; a rotation mechanism engaged with the first main support frame comprises a moving part; a first driving groove and a second driving groove are provided on the second main support frame, the first guide groove provided on the first auxiliary support rod, the second guide groove provided on the second auxiliary support rod; whereby as the folding joint folds or unfolds, the moving part is inserted in the first driving groove and the second driving groove, the first guide groove and the second guide groove slide relative to the axis of the concentric shaft such that the first main support frame, the second main support frame, the first auxiliary support rod and the second auxiliary support rod rotate relative to one another.

7. The folding joint according to claim 6, the first guide groove comprises a first guide groove section which is bent relative to an extending direction of the first guide groove section and is connected at one end to a first locking groove section, a second guide groove having a second guide groove section which is bent relative to an extension direction of the second guide groove section and is connected at one end to a second locking groove section, when the folding joint is in the unfolded position, the moving member is located between the first locking groove section and the second locking groove section.

8. The folding joint according to claim 7, wherein the first locking groove section and the second locking groove section are straight grooves, and when the folding joint is in the unfolded position, a center line of the first locking groove section, the second locking groove section, the moving part, and an axis of the concentric shaft coincide.

9. The folding joint according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the first guide groove section or the second guide groove section include an adjacent limiting convex point and an elastic limiting member, the limiting convex point restricting a path of movement of the moving part.

10. A foldable infant bed comprising: at first and a second foldable joint, the first and the second foldable joints arranged symmetrically to one another on opposite lateral sides of the bed; the first foldable joint comprising a first main support frame, a second main support frame, a first auxiliary support rod, and a second auxiliary support rod; a first rotation mechanism engaged with the first main support frame comprises a first moving part; a first driving groove and a second driving groove are provided on the second main support frame, the first guide groove provided on the first auxiliary support rod, the second guide groove provided on the second auxiliary support rod; whereby as the first folding joint folds or unfolds, the first moving part is inserted in the first driving groove and the second driving groove, the first guide groove and the second guide groove slide relative to the axis of the concentric shaft such that the first main support frame, the second main support frame, the first auxiliary support rod and the second auxiliary support rod rotate relative to one another, the first auxiliary support rod connected to a first end of a first bed rail, and the second auxiliary support rod connected to a first end of a second bed rail, a first one way joint connected to a second end of the first bed rail and a second one way joint connected to second end of the second bed rail; the second foldable joint comprising a third main support frame, a fourth main support frame, a third auxiliary support rod, and a fourth auxiliary support rod; a second rotation mechanism engaged with the third main support frame comprises a second moving part; a third driving groove and a fourth driving groove are provided on the fourth main support frame, the third guide groove provided on the third auxiliary support rod, the fourth guide groove provided on the fourth auxiliary support rod; whereby as the second folding joint folds or unfolds, the second moving part is inserted in the third driving groove and the fourth driving groove, the third guide groove and the fourth guide groove slide relative to the axis of the concentric shaft such that the third main support frame, the fourth main support frame, the third auxiliary support rod and the fourth auxiliary support rod rotate relative to one another, the third auxiliary support rod connected to a first end of a third bed rail, and the fourth auxiliary support rod connected to a first end of a fourth bed rail, the first one way joint connected to a second end of the third bed rail and the second one way joint connected to a second end of the fourth bed rail; the first one way joint and the second one way joint arranged parallel to one another.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0021] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the unfolded state of the foldable infant bed.

[0022] FIG. 2 is a side view of the unfolding state of the foldable infant bed.

[0023] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the folded stated of the foldable infant bed.

[0024] FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the element A of FIG. 1.

[0025] FIG. 5 is the diagram of the inner structure of the side bed frame under the deployment position.

[0026] FIG. 6 is the diagram of the inner structure of the side bed during the folding process.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0027] The foldable infant bed includes four vertical supporting frames 11 and 12, a chassis supporting frame 4 arranged between a plurality of vertical supporting frames, the chassis supporting frame 4 includes a central base 41 located in the middle part, and four groups of connecting rod mechanisms 42 surrounding the central base 41, wherein, the central base 41 is divided into an X-shaped seat at the upper part and the lower part, and the upper part and the lower part are respectively provided with four vertical symmetrical bottom shaft pivots.

[0028] The four groups of connecting rod mechanisms 42 are respectively connected between the corresponding vertical supporting frame and the central base 41, and each group of connecting rod mechanisms 42 is respectively connected between the corresponding vertical supporting frame and the central base, and each group of connecting rod mechanisms 42 comprises an upper bottom rod 421 and a central base 42 positioned at the upper part. Another end of the upper bottom bar 421 is pivoted about a first bottom shaft 411 at one end of the upper bottom bar 421 and the upper part of the center seat 41, and the corresponding vertical support is rotatably arranged through a first ball joint. One end of the lower bottom bar 422 is connected with the lower part of the center seat 412 around a second bottom shaft 412 pivot, and the other end of the lower bottom bar 422 is rotatably arranged with the corresponding vertical support via a second ball joint. Between each upper bottom rod 421 and a center seat 41, an upper unfolding limit mechanism is arranged, and a lower unfolding limit mechanism is arranged between each lower bottom rod 422 and the center seat 41, wherein, the upper unfolding limit mechanism comprises an upper one-way joint 413 which is fixed on a plurality of upper sealing tops of the upper part of the center seat 41. The lower unfolding limit mechanism comprises a plurality of lower one-way joint 414 which are fixed on the lower part of the center seat 41. One end of the upper bottom rod 421 is pivotally connected with the upper one-way joint 413 around the first bottom shaft 411, and the lower one-way joint is pivoted. When the foldable infant bed is in the unfolded position, the upper bottom rod 421 abuts on the top of the seal of the upper one-way joint 413, the lower bottom rod 422 abuts on the top of the seal of the lower one-way joint 414.

[0029] In the embodiment, as shown in the FIGS. 1-3, each first main vertical support frame 11 is pivotally connected with the corresponding second vertical support frame 12, forming opposed side bed frames 1, which are respectively symmetrically arranged on two sides of the foldable infant bed. Each side bed frame 1 further comprises a first bed seat 13 and a second bed seat 14 which are respectively arranged at one end part separately around the first vertical support frame 11 and the second vertical support frame 12, and are rotationally arranged around a concentric axis.

[0030] As shown in FIGS. 1-3, each side bed frame 1 also includes a side frame locking mechanism 15. In this embodiment, the side frame locking mechanism 15 may adopt synchronous folding and unfolding embodiments 1.

[0031] Referring to FIG. 5, the side bracket lock mechanism 15 comprises a moving piece 151 adopting a pin, a first driving groove 152 arranged on the first upright bracket 11, a second driving groove 153 arranged on the second upright bracket 12, a first guide groove 154 arranged on the first bed seat or auxiliary support rod 13, and a second guide groove 155 arranged on the second bed seat auxiliary support rod 14.

[0032] In the embodiment, as shown in the attached FIG. 4-6, the first guide groove 154 comprises a first guide groove section 154a, a first lock groove section 154b which is bent relative to the extending direction of the first guide groove section 154a and is communicated with one end thereof. The second guide groove 155 comprises a second guide groove section 155a, a second lock groove section 155b which is bent relative to the extending direction of the second guide groove section 155a and is communicated with one end thereof, wherein the first lock groove section 154b and the second lock groove section 155b are all straight-shaped grooves, and the first lock groove section 154b and the second lock groove section are connected with one end thereof. When the side bed frame 1 is in the unfolding position, the moving member 151 of the pin is simultaneously in the first lock groove section 154b and the second lock groove section 155b. The center line of the first lock groove section 154b and the second lock groove section 155 b is overlapped with the connecting line between the center of the moving member 151 and the center of the concentric shaft, the first bed seat 13 and the second bed seat 14 cannot slide relative to the moving member 151, namely, the first bed seat 13 and the second bed seat 14 are locked. At this time, the angle of the first and second standing supports 11 and 12 is extended to the pole root position, so that the moving part 151 position is positioned under the action of the first driving groove 152 and the second driving groove 153, so that the first bed seat 13 and the second bed seat 14 are fixed relative to the positions of the first standing supports 11 and the second standing supports 12.

[0033] Also, as shown in the FIGS. 4-6, the second guide groove section 155a has an elastic limit member 156 extending outwards from the part of the groove wall and forming a limit projection 156a at the end thereof, and the limit projection 156a is adjacent to the other end of the second guide groove section 155a, and the limit projection 156a portion is blocked on the moving path of the moving member 151. During the folding process, the limit projection 156a portion is arranged on the moving path of the moving member 151. At this time, the limit bump 156a plays a deployment damping function on the moving piece 151, and it requires a user to rotate the second bed seat 14 upward to expand the foldable infant bed, namely, the elastic limit piece 156 with the limit bump 156a plays a folding position positioning function on the whole foldable infant bed.

[0034] Also as shown in the FIG. 4, a reinforcing iron sheet 158 is fixed on the first bed 13, the reinforcing iron sheet 158 is respectively provided with a reinforcing iron sheet groove corresponding to the first guide groove 154, and a moving piece 151 is also inserted in the reinforcing iron sheet groove, thereby enhancing the compressive capacity of the entire side bracket locking mechanism 15, and preventing the side bracket locking mechanism 15 from being damaged when the whole foldable infant bed is under a larger pressure.

[0035] In the embodiment, as shown in the attached FIG. 4, the first driving groove 152 and the second driving groove 153 are straight grooves, the connecting line between the center of the moving member 151 passing through the two driving grooves and the axis of the concentric shaft forms a symmetrical line. The first driving groove 152 is symmetrical to the left and right of the second driving groove 153 relative to the symmetrical line, and the moving member 151 is close to or far away from the coaxial line relative to the concentric shaft.

[0036] As shown in the FIG. 4, the side bracket locking mechanism 15 also comprises a slider groove 157 arranged on the second vertical bracket 12. A slider 159 is slidably arranged in the slider groove 157. A slider positioning member 159a is fixed on the corresponding slider groove 157 and the slider 159. The slide slot 157 is a cross slot. The second drive slot 153 is positioned at the center of the corresponding slide slot 157. The slide positioning piece 159a is provided with a slide positioning piece slot corresponding to the second drive slot 153. The moving piece 151 is inserted into the slide positioning piece slot through the slide block 159, so that the whole moving piece 151 slides in the drive slot when the foldable baby bed is expanded or folded, and the central line of the moving piece 151 does not generate distortion.

[0037] During the folding or unfolding of the infant bed, the moving member (151) slides in the radial direction with respect to the first driving groove (152), the second driving groove (153), the first guiding groove (154), the second guiding groove (155), and the moving member (151) moves gradually in the radial direction with respect to the concentric axis.

[0038] With respect to one end of the first drive groove 152 to the other end, one end of the second drive groove 153 to the other end, one end of the first guide groove 154 to the other end, and one end of the second guide groove 155 to the other end, the distances from each other end to the concentric shaft is gradually shortened, and the radial intersecting fork of the circle of the concentric shaft center is respectively crossed.

[0039] In this embodiment, the foldable infant bed also includes, as shown in FIG. 1-3: The first bed seat 13 on each side, which is rotationally connected with an end part of the first bed seat by a first rod shaft 21, and the second bed seat 14 on each side, which is rotationally connected with an end part of the second bed rod 3 by a second rod shaft 31. A first one-way rotating joint 22 is arranged between the other ends of the first bed enclosing rod 2 on both sides, and a second one-way rotating joint 32 is arranged between the other ends of the second bed enclosing rod 3 on both sides.

[0040] The first spindle shaft 21 is arranged in parallel with a rotation shaft on the first one-way rotation joint 22 and is vertically arranged with a concentric shaft phase space. The second spindle shaft 31 is arranged in parallel with the rotation shaft on the second one-way rotation joint 32 and is also vertically arranged with the concentric shaft phase space.

[0041] In the case of side bracket lock mechanism 15, when the baby carriage is unfolded or folded, the center seat 41 moves upward, under the action of the upper bottom rod 421 and the lower bottom rod 422, two first standing support frames 11 and two second standing support frames 12 are driven. The four rods are moved to the center synchronously, and also can be said that the adjacent first standing support frames 11 and the second standing support frames 12 and the two first standing support frames 11 are respectively close to each other, and then the two second standing support frames 12 are driven to realize the folding of the bracket lock mechanism 15.

[0042] When the central base 41 moves downwards, under the action of the upper bottom rod 421 and the lower bottom rod 422, two first standing supporting frames 11 and two second standing supporting frames 12 are driven. The four rods are synchronously extended to the periphery, and the adjacent first standing supporting frames 11 and the second standing supporting frames 12. The two first standing supporting frames 11 and the two second standing supporting frames 12 are separated from each other, respectively. When the four groups of connecting rods are deployed to the upper deployment limit mechanism and the lower deployment limit mechanism on the central base 41, the upper sealing position of the upper one-way joint 413 and the lower one-way joint 414 is contacted to stop the position limit, and the adjacent first stand-up frame 11 is deployed to the limit position between the two first stand-up frame 12 and the two second stand-up frame 12.

[0043] During the process of two side bed frames 1 unfolding or folding around the concentric shaft, two first bed enclosing rods 2 are driven to flatten or close through the first one-way rotating joint 22. The second bed enclosing rods 3 are flattened or close through the second one-way rotating joint 32, so that the plurality of vertical supporting frames are driven to fold or open synchronously by the driving of a plurality of groups of connecting rod mechanisms. The first bed enclosing rods 2, the second bed enclosing rods 3 are driven to extend or close together.

[0044] In addition, in the embodiment, the one-way rotating joint adopted between the two first bed enclosing rods 2 and the two second bed enclosing rods 3 is only one rotating shaft inside to cooperate with the expansion or folding of the whole foldable infant bed, and the double rotating shaft can also be adopted.

[0045] A presently preferred embodiment of the invention has been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.