Collapsible wall
AssigneeAdvanced Equipment Corporation
InventorFrank V. Manning
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Abstract
A collapsible wall including a support frame and a first series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame with at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other. A second series of panels are configured to suspend from the support frame opposite the first series of panels and include at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other. A bottom sill opposite the support frame is pivotally connected to a bottom portion of the first series of panels and to a bottom portion of the second series of panels. A motor assembly is mounted on the support frame and configured to raise or lower at least one lifting element to raise or lower the bottom sill to collapse or extend the panels in the first and second series of panels.
Claims36
A collapsible wall, comprising:
- a support frame constructed to suspend from a structure of a building;
- a first series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame, the first series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a second series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame opposite the first series of panels, the second series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a bottom sill opposite the support frame and pivotally connected to a bottom portion of the first series of panels and to a bottom portion of the second series of panels;
- at least one lifting element coupled to the support frame and arranged to lower the bottom sill;
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- a motor assembly mounted on the support frame and configured to lower the at least one lifting element so as to lower the bottom sill to extend the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the first series of panels vertically away from the support frame and extend the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the second series of panels vertically away from the support frame.
A collapsible wall, comprising:
- a support frame constructed to suspend from a structure of a building;
- a first series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame, the first series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a second series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame opposite the first series of panels, the second series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a bottom sill opposite the support frame and pivotally connected to a bottom portion of the first series of panels and to a bottom portion of the second series of panels;
- at least one lifting element coupled to the support frame and arranged to raise the bottom sill;
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- a motor assembly mounted on the support frame and configured to raise the at least one lifting element so as to raise the bottom sill to collapse the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the first series of panels vertically toward the support frame and collapse the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the second series of panels vertically toward the support frame.
A collapsible wall, comprising:
- a support frame configured to suspend from a structure of a building;
- a first series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame, the first series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a second series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame opposite the first series of panels, the second series of panels including at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other;
- a bottom sill pivotally connected to a bottom portion of the first series of panels and to a bottom portion of the second series of panels;
- at least one lifting element in contact with the bottom sill;
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- a motor assembly configured to actuate the at least one lifting element so as to move the bottom sill relative to the support frame so as to laterally fold or laterally unfold the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the first series of panels and the at least one pair of adjacent panels in the second series of panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.