Collapsible ballot box
OwnerAdam Meunier, Michael Papa +1inventors
InventorsAdam Meunier, Michael Papa, Savio Polini
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Abstract
A ballot box according to an embodiment comprises first and second side walls with rigid frames. Collapsible front, rear, and bottom panels are provided that extend between the side walls. A top panel is provided that includes a flexible top panel layer and a rigid top panel layer secured to the flexible top panel layer, and it includes an aperture shaped to receive ballots. The flexible top panel layer is releasably securable across the top of the ballot box, and, when the flexible top layer is secured across the top perimeter, the rigid top panel layer is configured to rest on top of the first and second side walls.
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A ballot box apparatus comprising:
- a first side wall and a second side wall, each of the first and second side walls having a rigid frame;
- a collapsible front panel, a collapsible rear panel, and a collapsible bottom panel extending between corresponding edges of the first and second side walls;
- a top panel, the top panel including a flexible top panel layer and a rigid top panel layer secured to the flexible top panel layer, the top panel including an aperture shaped to receive ballots;
- wherein the flexible top panel layer is releasably securable across a top perimeter between top edges of the first and second side walls and of the front and rear panels, and wherein, when the flexible top layer is secured across the top perimeter, the rigid top panel layer is configured to rest on top of the first and second side walls.
A method of setting up a ballot box comprising:
- separating a first side wall and a second side wall of a ballot box to expand the ballot box from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration in which a collapsible front panel, a collapsible rear panel, and a collapsible bottom panel extend between corresponding edges of the first and second side walls;
- releasably securing a top panel across a top perimeter between top edges of the first and second side walls and of the front and rear panels, wherein the top panel includes a flexible top panel layer and a rigid top panel layer secured to the flexible top panel layer;
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- positioning the rigid top panel layer to rest on top of the first and second side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.