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Baby changing station

a technology for changing stations and babies, applied in the field of special work station arts, can solve the problems of reducing the service life of the baby changing station,

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-02-25
KING ROBERT +1
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[0013]The description and drawings set forth a baby or toddler changing station which is mounted on the floor of a building or home structure for improved safety as compared to wall-mounted and fold-out units.
[0014]A top portion of the changing station has side and back rails or ridges to protect the baby or toddler while being changed.

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Prior art systems, especially for commercial uses, have used a fold-down-from-a-wall methodology which has proven to be cumbersome to use in practice.
Moreover, such prior art systems have proven to be dangerous in practice to the extent that numerous product liability suits have been filed pertaining to such fold-down structures.
The fold-down systems have also proven to be costly to manufacture and install.

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[0023]Referring to the drawing FIG. 1, numeral 10 indicates an overall baby or toddler changing station having a base 12 which is mounted to a floor 14 of a building structure.

[0024]Baby station 10 has a top molded structure 20 mounted thereon which has a central flat area 21 and a right flat area 22. As further shown, the top portion further has a left side 23 with a sink 24 formed therein and apertures for hot and cold water supply piping.

[0025]The top portion 20 further has rails or ridges 31-34 as follows:

[0026]right rail 31, back rail 32 and left rail 33 are solid elements of about six inches in height;

[0027]front rail 34 has a central portion which is about six inches in height and side depressed areas 34a and 34b which are on the order of fourteen inches wide and three inches deep as indicated.

[0028]Regarding the top portion 20, the ridge dimensions and depressed areas are important aspects of the invention as will be further appreciated.

[0029]The baby or toddler changing sta...

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Abstract

An improved baby changing station which is utilized primarily to change the diapers of a baby or young child. The design includes an upper changing area with specially shaped protective ridges. The design further includes a lower supporting portion which is divided into at least three distinct areas. A first area is utilized for undersink storage. A second lower area includes multiple drawers for storage of sundry items. A third lower area contains stairs or steps for a toddler to use as needed. The design provides a safe floor-mounted and efficient changing station as compared to the fold-down wall mounted units currently in widespread use.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention is generally related to the specialized work station arts and, in particular, to devices known in the art as baby changing stations.[0002]Prior art systems, especially for commercial uses, have used a fold-down-from-a-wall methodology which has proven to be cumbersome to use in practice.[0003]Moreover, such prior art systems have proven to be dangerous in practice to the extent that numerous product liability suits have been filed pertaining to such fold-down structures. The fold-down systems have also proven to be costly to manufacture and install.[0004]Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to set forth a novel baby changing station which is more sturdy and safe as compared to systems currently in use.[0005]It is a further object of the invention to describe a baby changing station which may be economically manufactured and installed for use in both home and commercial environments.[0006]It is also a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47D5/00A47D13/08A47D15/00
CPCA47D5/00
Inventor KING, ROBERTKING, TRACI
Owner KING ROBERT
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