Portable bassinet

Claim 1

IN AN INFANT''S PORTABLE BASSINET OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A FRAME, LEG MEMBERS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME, A FLEXIBLE BODY MEMBER SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME, AND A PAIR OF CARRYING HANDLES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING A REMOVABLE MATTRESS ELEMENT COMPRISING A COVER, A RESILIENT PADDING MEMBER AND A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID BASE PORTION, SAID MATTRESS ELEMENT ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID BODY MEMBER AND NORMALLY TO LIE FLAT THEREIN FORMING THE BOTTOM THEREOF, MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE MATTRESS ELEMENT THEREIN IN SUCH MANNER AS TO PROVIDE A RECLINING SUPPORT FOR AN INFANT SAID MEANS COMPRISING TWO TRANSVERSE HINGE MEANS PROVIDED IN THE BASE PORTION OF SAID MATTRESS ELEMENT ONE SAID HINGE MEANS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TOW ENDS THEREOF AND THE OTHER SAID HINGE ELEMENT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN THE FIRST SAID HINGE ELEMENT AND THE ADJACENT END OF SAID MATTRESS ELEMENT, SAID HINGE ELEMENT BEING ADAPTED TO PERMIT THE MATTRESS ELEMENT TO BE BENT ALONG SAID HINGE PORTIONS AT LEAST TOWARD SAID PADDING MEMBER AND A PAIR OF FASTENING MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID BASE PORTION, ON THE SIDE THEREOF AWAY FROM SAID MATTRESS ELEMENT, ONE NEAR EACH END THEREOF, EACH SAID FASTENING MEANS ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID CARRYING HANDLES TO RETAIN SAID MATTRESS ELEMENT IN BENT POSITION.