Hotel rooms
AssigneeSix Continents Hotels, Inc.
InventorsAndrew James McLoughlin, Timothy Robert Jones, Richard Matthew Booth, David Alexander Hamilton
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Abstract
An improved hotel configuration. The hotel room configuration includes two adjacent rooms, one of which forms a T, and the other of which forms an L, with the base of the T fitting into the right angle formed by the L. Embodiments are directed to reconfiguring an existing hotel having adjacent, side-by-side rooms into the T and L configuration. Additional embodiments are directed to a combined television stand and desk module that fits into or is used as a footboard of a bed. A television can be mounted on the top of this console, and can, in embodiments, rotate to face the desk, the bed, or other parts of the room.
Claims12
1-15. (canceled)
A method of retrofitting a hotel, the hotel comprising a pair of structural walls with a space including two original rooms defined between the structural walls, and a dividing wall separating the two original rooms, the method comprising:
- removing the dividing wall;
- and
- replacing the dividing wall with a structure that separates the space into two new rooms and defines separate spaces in each of the two new rooms,
- wherein, the two new rooms are shaped like a T and L, respectively, and
- wherein the structure includes a first portion that adds space to the first new room compared to a first original room and takes away space from the second new room compared to a second original room, and a second portion that adds space to the second new room compared to the second original room and takes space away from the first new room compared to the first original room.
A hotel comprising:
- a first structural wall;
- a second structural wall;
- a space defined between the first and second structural walls;
- and
- a dividing wall with a structure that separates the space into two rooms and defines separate spaces in each of the two rooms,
- wherein the two rooms are shaped like an L and a T, respectively, and
- wherein the two rooms include a first room and a second room, and the dividing wall includes a first portion that separates the separate space of the first room from the second room, a second portion that separates the separate space of the second room from the first room, and a middle portion that separates the separate spaces from each other.
A method of retrofitting a hotel, the hotel comprising a pair of structural walls with a space including a first original room and a second original room defined between the structural walls, and a dividing wall separating the first and second original rooms, the method comprising:
- removing the dividing wall;
- and
- replacing the dividing wall with a structure that separates the space into a first new room and a second new room and defines separate spaces in each of the first and second new rooms,
- wherein the structure includes a first portion that adds space to the first new room compared to the first original room and takes away space from the second new room compared to the second original room, and a second portion that adds space to the second new room compared to the second original room and takes space away from the first new room compared to the first original room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.