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US 12,637,901 B2Granted
Foldable wall systems
AssigneeA&C Future, Inc.
InventorsKeguan Zou, Han Qin, Zhuangboyu Zhou, Jiuqi Wang, Sichen Li, Jiayang Qin
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Abstract
Foldable wall systems that greatly reduce traditional wall building processes are contemplated. Suitable foldable wall systems comprise a plurality of panels that form a wall. The panels can be stored or deployed from a housing that is mounted on one or more vertical columns. It is contemplated that the panels comprise one or more track elements that travel within one or more tracks to guide the panels between the stored and deployed configurations.
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A wall system, comprising:
- a first track;
- a second track;
- a first panel configured to move along the first and second tracks, wherein the first panel comprises a first track element that travels along the first track and a second track element that travels along the second track;
- a second panel configured to move along the first and second tracks, wherein the second panel comprises a first track element that travels along the first track and a second track element that travels along the second track;
- a bottom support coupled to a cable that is configured to raise and lower the bottom support;
- wherein, as the bottom support is raised, the bottom support abuts the first or second panel to thereby apply a force that causes the first and second panels to move in a first direction along the first and second tracks;
- wherein, as the bottom support is lowered, the first and second panels move in a second direction along the first and second tracks as the first or second panel abuts the bottom support;
- and
- wherein the first and second panels are horizontally stacked and abut one another when in a stored position and vertically stacked when in a deployed position.
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A wall system, comprising:
- a first vertical column;
- a second vertical column;
- a housing mounted on the first and second vertical columns;
- a first track along the first vertical column and a first inside wall of the housing;
- a second track along the second vertical column and a second inside wall of the housing;
- a plurality of panels that each comprise (i) a first track element that travels along the first track and (ii) a second track element that travels along the second track;
- wherein each of the plurality of panels, via the first track element and the second track element, are configured to (i) travel to a deployed state in which the plurality of panels are vertically stacked to form a wall, and (ii) travel to a retracted state in which the plurality of panels are horizontally stacked within the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.