Reconfigurable children's furniture

Abstract

Reconfigurable children's furniture has a supportive framework comprising a pair of side A-frames cooperating to support a foldable base beneath vertical midpoints of the A-frames. The base has a pair of baseboards configured for folding between a daybed configuration wherein the baseboards each are adjacently horizontal thereby forming a bed surface therebetween and a stowed configuration. Supports are each connected between a respective outer corner of a respective baseboard and an upper edge of a net and each support is extendable. In the stowed configuration, each support is contracted and lies against a respective baseboard. In the daybed configuration, each support is extended and stands perpendicularly with respect to the respective baseboard.

1 . Reconfigurable children's furniture comprising a supportive framework comprising a pair of side A-frames cooperating to support a foldable base beneath vertical midpoints of the A-frames, the base comprising a pair of baseboards configured for folding between a daybed configuration wherein the baseboards each are adjacently horizontal thereby forming a bed surface therebetween and a stowed configuration and supports each connected between a respective outer corner of a respective baseboard and an upper edge of a net and wherein each support is extendable and wherein, in the stowed configuration, each support is contracted and lies against a respective baseboard and wherein, in the daybed configuration each support is extended and stands perpendicularly with respect to the respective baseboard. 
     
     
         2 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in the daybed configuration, the net has a length less than twice the height thereof. 
     
     
         3 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each support is telescopic. 
     
     
         4 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each support is biased towards an extended configuration. 
     
     
         5 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each support is pivotally coupled to the respective outer corner. 
     
     
         6 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein each support is biased towards a perpendicular orientation with respect to the respective baseboard. 
     
     
         7 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each A-frame comprises a converging pair of vertical sidebars and the framework comprises a pair of horizontal cross bars extending between corresponding lower ends of the vertical sidebars. 
     
     
         8 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each A-frame further comprises a horizontal sidebar extending between lower ends of each A-frame. 
     
     
         9 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the horizontal sidebar comprises a pivotable arrangement of adjacent horizontal sidebar members which pivot upwardly at a centre pivot thereof. 
     
     
         10 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the baseboards are pivotally coupled between horizontal sidebars. 
     
     
         11 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a soft bed extending across the baseboards. 
     
     
         12 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the soft bed comprises edging which diminishes at a central region between the baseboards. 
     
     
         13 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a connection at an apex of each A-frame. 
     
     
         14 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the connection comprises a vertical slot within which a corresponding interlocking tab of an accessory is slidably retained. 
     
     
         15 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 14 , further comprising a releasable locking mechanism between the vertical slot and the interlocking tab. 
     
     
         16 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 13 , further comprising a reconfigurable seat connectable between the connections wherein the reconfigurable seat comprises a seat portion and a back portion and a lower portion pivotally coupled thereto such that the reconfigurable seat is configurable in a seat configuration wherein the back portion is pivoted upwardly with respect to the seat portion of the lower portion is pivoted downwardly with respect to the seat portion and a change table configuration wherein the back portion is pivoted downwardly to define a substantially coplanar change table surface with respect to the seat portion and the leg portion is pivoted upwardly to define a substantially coplanar change table surface with respect to the seat portion. 
     
     
         17 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 16 , further comprising sidearms extending from the seat portion and wherein the sidearms are configured for connection to the connections. 
     
     
         18 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the lower portion is extendable. 
     
     
         19 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the lower portion comprises an upper portion and a lower portion and wherein the lower portion of slidably retained by the upper portion. 
     
     
         20 . Reconfigurable children's furniture as claimed in  claim 16 , further comprising releasable locking mechanisms between the rear portion and the seat and the lower portion and the seat.