Child containment structure with ventilation panel

Abstract

A child containment structure includes a floor and a sidewall connected to the floor and defining a unitary structure with the floor. The sidewall includes at least one side panel formed at least partially of an air-restricting material and at least one ventilation panel positioned between the floor and the side panel. The ventilation panel has a maximum height smaller than that of the side panel, and the ventilation panel permits air flow between an interior of the containment structure and an exterior of the containment structure along a sleeping surface of the child containment structure.

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         18 . A child containment structure comprising: 
 a frame having a lower end and an upper end;    a play surface arranged and supported generally horizontally near the lower end of the frame;    an upstanding sidewall supported by the frame and extending upward from a perimeter of the play surface; and    a removable bassinet supported by the upper end of the frame and including a sleep surface supported above and spaced upward from the play surface and a bassinet sidewall extending upward from a perimeter of the sleep surface, the bassinet sidewall spaced inward from the upstanding sidewall of the containment structure, wherein a vented part of the bassinet sidewall is formed of a ventilation material which can permit air to pass therethrough, the vented part extending vertically upward from the sleep surface to a height less than a full height of the bassinet sidewall.    
     
     
         19 . A child containment structure according to  claim 18 , wherein the bassinet is suspended from the upper end of the frame structure and can be readily lifted upward for removal.  
     
     
         20 . A child containment structure according to  claim 18 , wherein the vented part extends only partly around the periphery of the bassinet sidewall.  
     
     
         21 . A child containment structure according to  claim 18 , wherein the vented part extends around the entire periphery of the bassinet sidewall.  
     
     
         22 . A child containment structure according to  claim 18 , wherein the upstanding sidewall and the bassinet sidewall each have four sides arranged in a rectangular peripheral shape.  
     
     
         23 . A child containment structure according to  claim 22 , wherein each side of the upstanding sidewalls bows outward between the upper end and the lower end of the frame structure.  
     
     
         24 . A child containment structure according to  claim 22 , wherein the vented part extends an entire length of at least one of the four sides of the peripheral sidewall.  
     
     
         25 . A child containment structure according to  claim 22 , wherein a vented part is provided on each of the four sides of the upstanding sidewall.  
     
     
         26 . A child containment structure according to  claim 18 , further comprising a second vented part in the upstanding sidewall and extending vertically upward a distance less than a full height of the upstanding sidewall.  
     
     
         27 . A child containment structure according to  claim 26 , wherein the second vented part extends upward in the upstanding sidewall from the position of the play surface.  
     
     
         28 . A child containment structure according to  claim 26 , further comprising a movable flap positioned adjacent the second vented part and movable between a closed position covering the second vented part and an open position not covering the second vented part.  
     
     
         29 . A child containment structure comprising: 
 a frame structure having a lower end and an upper end;    a horizontally arranged floor surface positioned near a lower end of the frame structure;    an upstanding sidewall extending around a perimeter of the floor;    at least one vented part provided in the upstanding sidewall and positioned adjacent the floor, the vented part formed of a material permitting air flow therethrough; and    a movable flap rearrangeable between an open position not covering the at least one vented part and a closed position covering the at least one vented part to prevent air flow therethrough.    
     
     
         30 . A child containment structure according to  claim 29 , wherein the vented panel is positioned with a bottom end at a level of the floor surface.  
     
     
         31 . A child containment structure according to  claim 29 , wherein the upstanding sidewall has four sides arranged to form a rectangular periphery around the floor.  
     
     
         32 . A child containment structure according to  claim 31 , further comprising a plurality of the vented parts, one positioned in each of four corners formed between adjacent sides of the upstanding sidewall.  
     
     
         33 . A child containment structure according to  claim 31 , further comprising at least four vented parts, one positioned in each of four corners formed between adjacent sides of the upstanding sidewall, and each vented part positioned with a bottom end at a level of the floor surface.  
     
     
         34 . A child containment structure according to  claim 29 , further comprising a plurality of the ventilation panels and flaps.  
     
     
         35 . A child containment structure according to  claim 29 , further including a removable bassinet supported by the upper end of the frame structure, the bassinet comprising: 
 a sleep surface positioned above and spaced upward from the floor surface;    a bassinet sidewall extending upward from a perimeter of the sleep surface, the bassinet sidewall spaced inward from the upstanding sidewall of the containment structure; and    a ventilation part in the bassinet sidewall formed of a ventilation material which can permit air to pass therethrough, the ventilation part extending vertically upward from the sleep surface to a height less than a full height of the bassinet sidewall.    
     
     
         36 . A child containment structure according to  claim 35 , wherein the bassinet sidewall has four sides and the upstanding sidewall has four sides, each of the bassinet and upstanding sidewalls being arranged to form a rectangular periphery, and wherein each side of the bassinet sidewall has a ventilation part.  
     
     
         37 . A child containment structure according to  claim 36 , wherein each side of the upstanding sidewall is bowed outward between the upper end and lower end of the frame structure.