Furniture with accessory features

Abstract

Systems and methods allow furniture, such as cribs, to be easily customized to suit the consumer's specific style, personality, and needs. For example, systems and methods employ techniques for easily attaching any combination of selected accessories to customize the furniture. Such accessories may fulfill decorative, functional, educational, and/or entertainment functions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An furniture system, comprising:
 a piece of furniture;   an accessory; and   an attachment system coupling the accessory to the piece of furniture,   wherein the attachment mechanism positions the accessory to be visible at a side of the piece of furniture.   
     
     
         2 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the piece of furniture is a crib, and the attachment mechanism positions the accessory to be visible from inside or outside the crib. 
     
     
         3 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism includes a compartment for receiving the accessory. 
     
     
         4 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism includes at least one opening through which the accessory is visible at the side of the piece of furniture. 
     
     
         5 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism includes an opening that receives the accessory. 
     
     
         6 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the compartment is slot-shaped. 
     
     
         7 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the accessory is a toy, a photo, a fabric panel, a baby monitor, a mirror, a light, an audio output device, a computer device, or electronic device. 
     
     
         8 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the accessory is a decorative accessory with an image, and the attachment mechanism positions the accessory so that the image is visually accessible the side of the piece of furniture. 
     
     
         9 . The furniture system of  claim 8 , wherein the decorative accessory is substantially planar. 
     
     
         10 . The furniture system of  claim 9 , wherein the attachment system include a slot-shaped compartment that receives the substantially planar decorative accessory. 
     
     
         11 . The furniture system of  claim 8 , wherein the decorative accessory is visible through a panel of the piece of furniture. 
     
     
         12 . The furniture system of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism includes at least one locking tab, hook and loop fasteners, reappliable adhesive, at least one snap fastener, at least one clip, at least one tack, at least one screw, and/or at least one bolt.