DE29916419U1 - Wall-mounted foldable baby changing table - Google Patents

Description

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Augsburg, 14 September 1999 Application file: SO.4507

Peter Sonnenstrahl

Partnachweg 3

86165 Augsburg

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Jochen Bremer

Prinzstrasse 16a

86153 Augsburg

Wall mountable folding baby changing table

In restaurants, department stores, buildings and facilities used for public events, etc., which are also frequented by families or mothers with small children, there is usually no practical way of changing small children when necessary. In most cases there is not even a makeshift option such as a table, chest of drawers or similar available, and in the cramped conditions of most toilet facilities it is almost impossible to set up suitable furniture.

The object of the invention is therefore to create a changing table suitable for such applications.

This object is achieved by the wall-mountable, foldable changing table specified in claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of this changing table are the subject of the subclaims.

The details of the changing table according to the invention are explained below with reference to the accompanying drawing

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described in more detail, which shows the changing table in an exploded view.

According to this, the changing table initially has a wall body, preferably in the form of a wall-mountable plate 1. It could also be a flat frame or two vertical plate-shaped legs that can be attached to the wall at a distance from one another and which fulfill the task of attaching the arrangement to a wall. A plate 1 can also serve as a support for a decorative wall picture or as a board for attaching information or advertising.

A horizontal console 2 is arranged along the underside of the wall-mounted panel 1 or the wall body. A changing table panel 4 is hinged to this panel via two hinges 3. This changing table panel 4 is provided with a front wall board 5 and a side wall board 6 on its three free sides, i.e. on its front edge in the horizontally folded-down position and the two side edges. The height of these front and side wall boards 5 and 6 corresponds approximately to the depth of the console 2.

Two chains 7 arranged on both sides, one end of which is fastened to the upper area of the wall body or the plate 1 and the other end to one of the front corner areas of the changing table top 4, limit the pivoting range of the folding changing table top in such a way that it can be folded down from the rest position folded up into a vertical position into a horizontal use position in which the changing table top 4 extends the console 2 horizontally forwards and forms a horizontal surface for laying the baby on.

The front and side wall boards 5 and 6 along the free edges of the changing table top 4 not only provide protection against the baby slipping off the changing table top

and prevent diapers, powder or cream containers from falling down when changing the baby due to its rowing and kicking movements, but also create a sufficiently deep space to accommodate a well-padded changing mat (not shown) as a soft surface for the baby. To prevent the changing mat from being stolen, it is advisable to provide it with through holes in the two front corners, through which it can be threaded onto the chains 7 on both sides. Of course, it can also be glued to the changing table top or attached to it in some other way.

Instead of the chains 7, it is of course also possible to use straps or articulated struts, which serve as tension members to hold the changing table top in its folded-down state.

Due to its depth, the console 2 guides the changing table top 4 at such a distance from the wall that the changing table top can be folded up despite the front and side wall boards 5 and 6. The plate 1 is preferably dimensioned so that the front and side wall boards grip the upper edge and the side edges of the plate 1 when the changing table top 4 is folded up. A handle 8 is mounted on the front side board 5, which serves to fold down or fold up the changing table. Instead, handles can also be arranged on the side of the side wall boards near their front ends. A locking mechanism or a lock can be provided to fix the folded up changing table.

Claims (5)

1. Wall-mountable foldable baby changing table, consisting of a plate-shaped wall body ( 1 ) or of plate-shaped elements that can be mounted on a wall, on which a horizontal console ( 2 ) is rigidly arranged at the bottom, and of a changing table top ( 4 ) which is connected to the console ( 2 ) in an articulated manner via a hinge connection ( 3 ) at the front edge of the console and is provided with side boards on its free edges, the depth of the console ( 2 ) and the height of the side boards ( 5 , 6 ) being coordinated with one another, and with at least one tension member which is attached on the one hand to the wall body (I) and on the other hand to the changing table top ( 4 ) or one of the side boards and which limits the pivotability of the changing table top ( 4 ) from the vertical, folded-up rest position to a horizontal position of use. 2. Changing table according to claim 1, wherein the hinge connection is formed from at least two hinge joints ( 3 ), a piano hinge or a textile hinge band. 3. Changing table according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wall body is a plate ( 1 ) dimensioned such that when the changing table plate ( 4 ) is folded up, the side boards ( 5 , 6 ) with their edge regions enclose the edge regions of the wall plate ( 1 ). 4. Changing table according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein preferably two tension members in the form of a chain ( 7 ), a band or an articulated strut are provided. 5. Changing table according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a changing pad is arranged on the changing table top ( 5 ) and is inseparably fixed by threading onto the at least one tension member ( 7 ) by means of a corresponding opening formed therein.