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US 11,375,805 B2Granted
Multi-purpose portable platform stage
OwnerPeter Hurleyinventor
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Abstract
Described herein is a multi-purpose portable platform stage for elevating a platform of the stage over a surface on which the stage is placed, that can be converted by a single person individually without assistance from an operational configuration in which one or more persons can stand, move and operate on the platform without the platform collapsing, and in which one or more objects can be placed and used on the platform, by or without such persons, without the platform collapsing, to a portable configuration in which the single person can carry the stage individually without assistance.
Claims20
A stage for elevating a platform of the stage over a surface on which the stage is placed, the stage comprising:
- first and second panels movable relative to one another into an open configuration and a closed configuration, each panel having a recess;
- and
- first and second legs movable relative to the panels into a support configuration and a stowed configuration;
- wherein
- in the open configuration the panels define the platform and in the closed configuration the recesses define an enclosure;
- in the support configuration, the legs extend from the recesses to the surface when the stage is on the surface;
- in the stowed configuration, the legs fit within the recesses except for minority portions of each that remain outside the recesses;
- when the panels are in the closed configuration and the legs are in the stowed configuration, the legs fit fully within the enclosure but neither leg fits fully within either recess;
- each panel defines a respective half of the platform when the panels are in the open configuration;
- each recess defines a respective half of the enclosure when the panels are in the closed configuration;
- the first leg supports an area of the first panel platform half;
- the second leg supports an area of the second panel platform half;
- the areas are substantially similar in size;
- when the panels are in the open configuration, with respect to a middle of the platform, the areas are symmetrically opposite one another on the panels and the legs are positioned asymmetrically opposite one another in the recesses;
- and
- when the panels are in the closed configuration, with respect to a middle of the enclosure, the areas are symmetrically opposite one another on the panels and the legs are positioned asymmetrically opposite one another in the recesses.
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A stage for elevating a platform of the stage over a surface on which the stage is placed, the stage comprising:
- first and second panels movable relative to one another into an open configuration and a closed configuration, each panel having a recess;
- and
- first and second legs movable relative to the panels into a support configuration and a stowed configuration;
- wherein
- in the open configuration the panels define the platform and in the closed configuration the recesses define an enclosure;
- in the support configuration, the legs extend from the recesses to the surface when the stage is on the surface;
- in the stowed configuration, the legs fit within the recesses except for minority portions of each that remain outside the recesses;
- when the panels are in the closed configuration and the legs are in the stowed configuration, the legs fit fully within the enclosure but neither leg fits fully within either recess;
- each minority portion includes at least a portion of a support;
- when the panels are in the open configuration and the legs are in the stowed configuration, the supports elevate the platform over the surface when the stage is on the surface;
- each leg includes a distal end and a foot thereat;
- the first leg support is spaced from the first leg foot and from a first leg base;
- the second leg support is spaced from the second leg foot and from a second leg base;
- and
- when the legs are in the stowed configuration, the first leg foot fits fully within the first panel recess and the second leg foot fits fully within the second panel recess.
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A stage for elevating a platform of the stage over a surface on which the stage is placed, the stage comprising
- first and second panels movable relative to one another into an open configuration and a closed configuration, each panel having a recess;
- and
- first and second legs movable relative to the panels into a support configuration and a stowed configuration;
- wherein
- in the open configuration the panels define the platform and in the closed configuration the recesses define an enclosure;
- in the support configuration, the legs extend from the recesses to the surface when the stage is on the surface;
- in the stowed configuration, the legs fit within the recesses except for minority portions of each that remain outside the recesses;
- when the panels are in the closed configuration and the legs are in the stowed configuration, the legs fit fully within the enclosure but neither leg fits fully within either recess;
- the stage includes a third leg movable relative to the panels into a third leg support configuration and a third leg stowed configuration;
- when the panels are in the open configuration and the third leg is in the third leg support configuration, the third leg supports both panels;
- and
- in the third leg stowed configuration, the third leg fits fully within one of the recesses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.