Portable privacy screen
OwnerLogan Hillisinventor
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Abstract
The portable privacy screen includes one or more barrier sections, a plurality of guylines, and a plurality of stakes. The portable privacy screen may be a visual barrier that may be adapted to be erected at an accident scene to provide privacy for an accident victim. An individual barrier section selected from the one or more barrier sections may be collapsed for storage within an emergency vehicle when not in use. The individual barrier section may be secured in place by a plurality of aprons located at the bottom of the individual barrier section, by the plurality of guylines, by the plurality of stakes, or by any combination thereof. The one or more barrier sections may be coupled end-to-end to lengthen the visual barrier.
Claims17
A portable privacy screen comprising:
- one or more barrier sections, a plurality of guylines, and a plurality of stakes;
- wherein the portable privacy screen is a visual barrier that is adapted to be erected at an accident scene to provide privacy for an accident victim;
- wherein an individual barrier section selected from the one or more barrier sections is collapsible for storage within an emergency vehicle;
- wherein a selected individual barrier section is coupled end-to-end to another selected individual barrier section in order to lengthen the visual barrier;
- wherein the individual barrier section comprises a plurality of barrier panels a plurality of aprons;
- wherein an individual barrier panel selected from the plurality of barrier panels is an opaque rectangular panel erected in a vertical orientation to block a sight line;
- wherein the plurality of aprons are flexible extensions coupled to the bottom of one or more of the plurality of barrier panels that are operable to retain the bottom of the individual barrier panel in place;
- wherein the plurality of barrier panels are hingedly coupled such that a left barrier panel and a right barrier panel fold back by 180 degrees to a position that is adjacent to the center barrier panel;
- wherein the individual barrier panel selected from the left barrier panel, a center barrier panel, and the right barrier panel comprises a wire frame, a fabric center, and a guyline loop;
- wherein the guyline loop is operable to secure an individual guyline to the individual barrier panel in order to support the top of the individual barrier panel.
A portable privacy screen comprising:
- one or more barrier sections;
- wherein the portable privacy screen is a visual barrier that is adapted to be erected at an accident scene to provide privacy for an accident victim;
- wherein an individual barrier section selected from the one or more barrier sections is collapsible for storage within an emergency vehicle;
- wherein a selected individual barrier section is coupled end-to-end to another selected individual barrier section in order to lengthen the visual barrier;
- a plurality of guylines, and a plurality of stakes;
- wherein the individual barrier section is secured in place by a plurality of aprons located at the bottom of the individual barrier section, by the plurality of guylines, by the plurality of stakes, or by any combination thereof;
- wherein the individual barrier section comprises a plurality of barrier panels and the plurality of aprons;
- wherein an individual barrier panel selected from the plurality of barrier panels is an opaque rectangular panel erected in a vertical orientation to block a sight line;
- wherein the plurality of aprons are flexible extensions coupled to the bottom of one or more of the plurality of barrier panels that are operable to retain the bottom of the individual barrier panel in place;
- wherein the plurality of barrier panels are hingedly coupled such that the left barrier panel and the right barrier panel fold back by 180 degrees to a position that is adjacent to the center barrier panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.