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New cot invention - would you use it?

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zephyrcat · 21/10/2004 15:10

Hi Everyone! I have recently been granted patent for a new cot invention and would love some feedback on the idea and to know if any of you would use it in your cots....
It is basically 2 or 4 sides (4 if cot has bars at top and bottom) of the mesh material that you get on travel cots. The idea is to prevent your precious ones arms and legs getting stuck through the bars - and also to stop dummies falling through in the night (i've spent hours searching the floor in the dark!!) The panels will have various designs and pictures on them or can be personalised. Please let me klnow what you think - good and bad!!

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KateandtheGirls · 21/10/2004 15:12

It's not something I would ever have used (neither of mine used dummies and I never had a limb stuck issue). Sorry!

jude2105 · 21/10/2004 15:15

It sounds a great idea - both of mine have constantly had arms and legs sticking out from the bars....feel sleep would have been better had they not been able to get in such a predicament! Good luck with it

edam · 21/10/2004 15:28

I've always thought this would be a very good idea ? but would it be safe for everyday use? Obviously travel cots are designed for occasional use, had thought that someone would already be doing this for normal cots if it was safe. Clearly could be wrong, though!

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zephyrcat · 21/10/2004 15:38

This is why i need all the feedback - I've done the design with all this in mind - eg pulling it down etc and think i've got it covered!! The good thing about that mesh fabric is that you cant physically get a hold on it to pull when its pulled tight. I'm still waiting for contact from the british safety standards people too but so far so good...!

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PicadillyCircus · 21/10/2004 15:43

How far up would the mesh go? I probably wouldn't use this as like KATG, no dummy and no stuck limb problems, but know that DS would be cross if he couldn't use the bars of his cot for clinging onto!

bunnyrabbit · 21/10/2004 15:46

As I said in the Products board, I'm very interested cos I had the same idea myself but found it would be almost impossible and very expensive to patent. I also have other similar ideas that I'd like to take forward so would be very interested how you went about this.

Please feel free to CAT me

Tah
BR

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zephyrcat · 21/10/2004 15:51

The mesh would go right to the top bar otherwise they would be able to pull on it - although plans for a smaller one are on the way already

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gingernut · 21/10/2004 15:53

Well, I wouldn't have bothered for same reasons as KATG. Good luck with it though!

LIZS · 21/10/2004 15:54

Wouldn't have needed it for either of mine I'm afraid. I'm a boit unclear though. Are these panels instead of regualr cot bars or are thy like screens to line a cot. My concern would be that they would need to be really taut to prevent them being used to climb on but also would need to be pretty strong to withstand collisions and pokings of day to day use.

Dizzylizzy · 21/10/2004 15:58

Hiya ZC,

I would definately have used one of these if they had been available.

I too have spent many evenings looking under the cot for dummys and favourite teddys, it sounds like a fab idea, would it be the size of a standard cot, or would be cot bed sized?

WigWamBam · 21/10/2004 15:59

I would have looked at something like this when my daughter was younger as although she didn't have a dummy, we had a problem with limbs through the bars and lost toys, although as it happened it wasn't a problem for all that long. I probably wouldn't have gone for anything patterned or personalised myself, though

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zephyrcat · 21/10/2004 16:05

The panels fit inside the cot and fit the whole legnth. They are completely taught so there is no way of climbing up them or pulling them down due to the way they are fixed on. They will be made for both sizes of cot and vary for cots that have solid panel ends or bars at the ends.

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acer · 21/10/2004 16:08

sounds like a great idea, the amount of times I have got so frustrated looking for a dummy...

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 21/10/2004 16:14

I desperately searched the internet for something like this this summer when DS (about 6m) kept getting stuck in the bars and waking in pain. Finding nothing I was about to get mesh and make something myself when he learned not to do it anymore. But it would have helped enormously for a couple of months. Good luck!

2wildbabies · 21/10/2004 16:47

great idea. I would use this. I am so fed up trying to find a missing dummy in the night and my ds sleeps in a very strange position, so always gets a leg or arm stuck.

Good luck x

WestCountryLass · 21/10/2004 22:22

It really would depend. I never used or bought cot bumpers but it might appeal to people who like cot bumpers but are concerned about the SIDS/entrapment issue, especially if they co-ordinated with bedding ranges (maybe)?

EvesMama · 21/10/2004 22:35

yea, probably would if was mad enough to add to my offspring! always hunting for dummies early hours and was always worried about dd hitting or trapping arms inbetween bars....go ahead with it! great idea!

Portree · 21/10/2004 22:51

I probably would have bought something like this before ds's arrival if I'd seen it in PHP or the like. Lots of things looked like they'd be good ideas. But gap in the market doesn't mean market in the gap. I bought some rubbish that looked so useful on paper but in reality was unnecessary. But now that he's been here for 11 months I'm somewhat jaded. The grobag solved the limbs poking through issue and ds never had a dummy. Good luck with your innovation.

JPM · 21/10/2004 23:03

I'd definately use this. Dd always losing dummy and legs/arms getting stuck. Seems such a simple idea. Good Luck

Chandra · 22/10/2004 00:32

Good idea, I have sorte the problem of limbs stuck through the bars with the help of a grobag, but... surely, one of the reasons I'm not using a mesh travel cot full time it's because I like the looks of the normal cot better, how do your mesh invention deals with the aesthetic side of the problem?

handbagaddiction · 22/10/2004 00:50

Good idea and I'm sure people would benefit greatly but I'm afraid it wouldn't get used in our house. When we do use travel cots - the mesh sides are one of the worst things about the experience. DD seems to spend the entire night clawing against it with her hands or pushing/brushing against it with her feet and legs. Whilst she might find this amusing - I really think it stops her from settling down quickly and drives us mad listening....

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