Collapsible crease-smoothing cabinet comprising a curtain with a textile wall and a frame
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsAmar Djeroro, Nils Wessels, Morane Mangeant
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Abstract
A crease-smoothing cabinet includes: a base; a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base; and an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, top and curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and top. The curtain includes a textile wall and a frame having a plurality of stays, the frame stays being arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and in that each portion of the textile wall located between two frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain.
Claims15
A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
- a base;
- a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base;
- and
- an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top,
- wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and
- wherein the textile wall is formed by an assembly of a plurality of panels, wherein each of the plurality of panels comprises a sheath arranged at a distance from a junction between said panel and an adjacent one of the plurality of panels, said sheath configured to receive one of the plurality of frame stays.
A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
- a base;
- a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base;
- and
- an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top,
- wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and
- wherein the textile wall is multilayered and comprises a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a textile material comprising an elastic fiber and the second layer comprising a waterproof textile material.
A crease-smoothing cabinet comprising:
- a base;
- a top extending opposite and at a distance from the base;
- and
- an expandable curtain configured to extend between the base and the top, so that the base, the top and the curtain together define an enclosed space in the crease-smoothing cabinet when the curtain is expanded and attached to the base and the top,
- wherein the curtain comprises a textile wall and a frame comprising a plurality of frame stays, wherein the frame stays are arranged at regular intervals along the textile wall, and wherein each portion of the textile wall located between two of the plurality of frame stays has a convex shape, so that the frame and the textile wall ensure accordion-folding and unfolding of the curtain, and
- wherein the frame further comprises a first curtain connector for attaching the textile wall to the base of the cabinet, and a second curtain connector configured to removably attach the textile wall to the top of the cabinet, wherein the crease-smoothing cabinet has:
- a working configuration wherein the second curtain connector is attached to the top, the curtain being expanded to connect the top and the base;
- and
- an access configuration wherein the curtain is at least partially collapsed, to provide an open space between the curtain and the top for receiving an item for smoothing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.