Personal pop-up pods
AssigneeUnder The Weather, LLC
InventorEric Frank Pescovitz
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are novel personal pop-up pods designed for a single user. In one embodiment, a personal pop-up pod can provide a user with privacy and/or protection from the surrounding environment. The personal pop-up pods can be designed such that a user can remain mobile, i.e., able to move from one location to another while using a personal pop-up pod. The personal pop-up pods can be designed such that a user can selectively gain access to the environment surrounding the pop-up pod by opening windows and other points of access. The personal pop-up pods can protect the user form a variety of conditions surrounding the personal pop-up pods such as, for example, rain, snow, wind, low temperatures, and other such climate related elements or communicable diseases and other such health risks.
Claims14
A personal pop-up pod for a single user, the personal pop-up pod comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, and a top panel coupled together to form an interior space, with each of the panels defining the enclosure being made of materials that resist the penetration of water;
- a left window positioned in the left side panel and defined by a flap of material connected to a remainder of the left side panel by a zipper closure;
- a right window positioned in the right side panel and defined by a flap of material connected to a remainder of the right side panel by a zipper closure;
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- a front window positioned in the front panel and defined by a flap of material connected to a remainder of the front panel by a zipper closure,
- wherein the zipper closures may be used to selectively open the left, right, and front windows for communication between the interior space and an exterior environment and for selectively increasing ventilation with the exterior environment,
- wherein the enclosure is sized to receive only an upper half of the user's body within the interior space, such that the enclosure can be worn in a crowded environment like a sports stadium without impacting adjacent seated or standing persons, and
- wherein at least the left, right, and front windows of the left side, right side, and front panels are formed from transparent material to provide the user with open viewing of the exterior environment while located within the interior space and also to allow persons around the user visibility through the personal pop-up pod to avoid obstructing views of the exterior environment of those persons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.