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US 12,209,412 B2Granted
Ceiling panel
AssigneeOrangebox Limited
InventorsMark Partridge, Richard Drew
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Abstract
There is provided a ceiling panel for a pod room. The ceiling panel comprises one or more cover components movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; and an actuation mechanism configured to move the one or more cover components from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a trigger. The ceiling panel may provide a specified percentage open area in the open configuration. The ceiling panel may be adapted to acoustically insulate the pod room in the closed configuration.
Claims20
A pod room comprising:
- a ceiling panel, the ceiling panel comprising:
- a frame;
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- one or more cover components movable relative to the frame between an open configuration and a closed configuration and wherein in the closed configuration, the pod room comprises an acoustically insulated, self-contained room,
- wherein, together with the frame, the one or more cover components in a fully open configuration define at least a 70% open area through the ceiling panel,
- wherein the one or more cover components comprise a plurality of pivotable, self-supporting louvres which are fixed at intervals relative to one another, each louvre being configured to pivot about its central axis between a contacting position in which the louvres contact one another to define the closed configuration, and a non-contacting position which defines the open configuration, wherein the central axis is located within a body of the louvre;
- and
- an actuation mechanism configured to automatically move the one or more cover components from the closed configuration to the fully open configuration in response to a trigger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.