Personal pop-up pods
OwnerEric Frank Pescovitzinventor
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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.
Claims18
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 and that resist the penetration of airborne pathogens into the interior space;
- 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;
- a first arm aperture positioned in the left side panel and a second arm aperture positioned in the right side panel, each of the first and second arm apertures configured to receive one of the user's arms extended therethrough from the interior space to an exterior environment, wherein the first and second arm apertures are configured to elastically wrap around and engage the user's arms to seal the interior space from ingress of water or airborne pathogens;
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- a harness secured to an inside surface of the enclosure,
- wherein the zipper closure may be used to selectively open the front window for communication between the interior space and an exterior environment and for selectively increasing ventilation with the exterior environment,
- wherein the enclosure defines a height that is sized to receive only an upper half of the user's body within the interior space, and
- wherein at least the front window of the front panel is formed from transparent material to provide the user with open viewing of the exterior environment while located within the interior space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.