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US 2016/0101889 A1Published application
Collapsible multi-purpose structure
OwnerWilliam Yates Massey, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A collapsible structure that includes an openable end panel, three foldable side panels, an openable side panel, a partial side panel, and a removable end panel. At least a portion of the foldable side panels, openable side panel, and partial side panel may be connected by seams which may permit the panels to fold into a hamper state, an ironing board state, a laundry bin, state, and collapsible state. The collapsible state permits the user to efficiently store the collapsible structure when not in use.
Claims14
A collapsible structure, comprising:
- a removable end panel;
- an openable end panel;
- a partial side panel;
- a first seam configured to connect the openable end panel to the partial side panel and configured to permit the openable end panel to pivot about the first seam from a first closed position to a first open position;
- an openable side panel;
- a first foldable side panel;
- a second foldable side panel;
- a third foldable side panel;
- a second seam configured to connect the first foldable side panel to the partial side panel;
- a third seam configured to connect the first foldable side panel to the second foldable side panel;
- a fourth seam configured to connect the second foldable side panel to the third foldable side panel;
- a fifth seam configured to connect the third foldable side panel to the openable side panel and the partial side panel, and configured to connect the partial side panel to the openable side panel, and wherein the fifth seam is configured to permit the openable side panel to pivot about the fifth seam from a second closed position to a second open position;
- wherein the openable side panel is configured to be temporarily attached to the first foldable side panel,
- wherein the openable end panel is configured to be temporarily attached to the second side panel,
- wherein the removable end panel is configured to connect to one or more of the first foldable side panel, the second foldable side panel, and/or the third foldable side panel by one or more attachment.
- and wherein the first foldable side panel, the second foldable side panel, the third foldable side panel, the openable side panel, the partial side panel, and the foldable end panel are configured to fold into a collapsed state when the removable end panel is not connected to one or more of the first foldable side panel, the second foldable side panel, and/or the third foldable side panel, and the openable end panel is not in the first closed position.
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