How do I secure the Avalon On the Move Playpen?

• These playpens have a safety feature.

1. First thing is to make sure the center of the playpen is up in the air.
2. First lock the short side rails. They will click into place.
3. Now lift up and lock the long set of rails.
4. Now you want to push the center piece (floor) down all the way.
5. Now your playpen is set up.
6. When you go to put it up you will pull the floor up first and then release the side rails.

• Hope this helps and thank you for using FixYa.

Regards, Tony

with the bottom still collapsed, straighten the sides, then they will stay. the bottom has to be the last part of the assembly.hope this helps ;)

The "trick" with the collapsing the foundations playpen is to step on the middle ring while pulling up on the "quick release latch in the middle of the long sides first, then the short sides.
Works every time!

pull up the sides while the center is still up. If you flatten the center of the playpen first, the sides will not engage.

http://www.gracobaby.com/CustomerService/ProductInstructions/Pages/default.aspx?page=ProdInst

ihave a Avalon on the move series playpen model AP11 and i can not get it to close for traveling

pull up the bottom in the middle first then collapse sides the sides opposite eachother at the same time ex. head n foot or left n right side

http://www.gracobaby.com/CustomerService/ProductInstructions/Pages/default.aspx?page=ProdInst

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If you take the mattress pad out and collapse the base, you can then lock the sides. I was in the same boat as you. Very frustrating. Hope this helps.

I have had this problem with one of my daughter’s playpens. What I did was take the mattress out then pull the bottom part up. After that I pushed the buttons underneath the top rails and pulled up on those as well. For some odd reason this playpen WILL NOT collapse until you pull the bottom up. Hope this helps.