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US 2004/0056093 A1Published application
Portable voting booth
AssigneeHart InterCivic, Inc.
InventorsNeil McClure, Charles Haisley, Torin Meyers, Jeff Gettle
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Abstract
A portable voting booth may be placed into a closed configuration for transportation and storage where a bivalve case closes to seal an electronic voting device
Claims13
A portable voting booth comprising:
- a bivalve case including
- a lower shell having an electronic voting device mounted thereon,
- an upper shell, and
- a coupler connecting the upper shell to the lower shell permitting pivotal motion of the upper and lower shells with respect to one another between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
- a selectively disassemblable frame having a plurality of components;
- and
- receptacles formed in at least one of the upper shell and the lower shell having complementary shapes with respect to disassembled components of the selectively disassemblable frame that permit retention of the selectively disassemblable frame during transportation and storage when the selectively disassemblable frame is disassembled into disassembled components.
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A method of voting that comprises the steps of:
- opening a bivalve case that includes a lower shell having an electronic voting device mounted thereon, an upper shell, and a coupler connecting the upper shell to the lower shell permitting pivotal motion of the upper and lower shells with respect to one another between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
- detaching a selectively disassemblable frame from receptacles formed in at least one of the upper shell and the lower shell where the receptacles have complimentary shapes with respect to disassembled portions of the selectively disassemblable frame that permit retention of the selectively disassemblable frame during transportation and storage;
- assembling the frame with the lower shell;
- and
- permitting voters to vote using the electronic voting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.